War, Resistance, and “Combatant Identity:” Hezbollah’s Political Identity and the Legacy of Conflict

A key issue in analyzing how armed conflict shapes postwar politics pertains to the question of how rebel groups frame their wartime “combatant identity” in the context of their postwar political activism. As armed political organizations active in the midst of conflict, rebel groups’ identities oft...

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Main Author: Berti, Benedetta (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
In: Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2022, Volume: 34, Issue: 8, Pages: 1564-1579
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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