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Statebuilding in the Periphery: Why States Colonize and Why They Stop
David A. Lake reviews Settling for Less: Why States Colonize and Why They Stop by Lachlan McNamee. Lake observes that in discussing settler colonialism the book builds a novel theory that pushes the research agenda outwards and identifies as an underdeveloped dimension of the book the strategic choices of the indigenes.
From Resilience to Revolution: How Foreign Interventions Destabilize the Middle East, Sean L. Yom Reviewed by David A. Lake
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