TY - BOOK AU - PEIC Goran TI - Civilian defense forces, state capacity, and government victory in counterinsurgency wars PY - 2014/// KW - COUNTERINSURGENCY KW - CIVILIAN DEFENCE FORCES N2 - Draws on data sets from 1944 to 2006 to identify the effectiveness of civilian defence forces (CDFs) in helping states defeat insurgencies. Finds that use of CDFs makes counterinsurgency 53% more likely to be victorious UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1057610x.2014.862904 ER -