From Bullies to Officers and Gentlemen: How Notions of Professionalism and Civility Transformed the Ghana Armed Forces

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From Bullies to Officers and Gentlemen: How Notions of Professionalism and Civility Transformed the Ghana Armed Forces. / Agyekum, Humphrey Asamoah.

Oxford; New York : Berghahn Books, 2019. 252 s.

Publikation: Bog/antologi/afhandling/rapport › Bog › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Harvard

Agyekum, HA 2019, From Bullies to Officers and Gentlemen: How Notions of Professionalism and Civility Transformed the Ghana Armed Forces. Berghahn Books, Oxford; New York.

APA

Agyekum, H. A. (2019). From Bullies to Officers and Gentlemen: How Notions of Professionalism and Civility Transformed the Ghana Armed Forces. Berghahn Books.

Vancouver

Agyekum HA. From Bullies to Officers and Gentlemen: How Notions of Professionalism and Civility Transformed the Ghana Armed Forces. Oxford; New York: Berghahn Books, 2019. 252 s.

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Agyekum, Humphrey Asamoah. / From Bullies to Officers and Gentlemen: How Notions of Professionalism and Civility Transformed the Ghana Armed Forces. Oxford; New York : Berghahn Books, 2019. 252 s.

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