1. Saving Your Favorite Dictators: External Sponsorship of Authoritarian Regimes and Its Consequences Open Access Author: Song, Won Jun Title: Saving Your Favorite Dictators: External Sponsorship of Authoritarian Regimes and Its Consequences Graduate Program: Political Science Keywords: political scienceauthoritarian regimesautocraciesdictatorshipinternational relationscomparative politicsarms transferpersonalismcivil-military relationssecurity forces File: Download SongDissertation.pdf Committee Members: Joseph Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorJoseph Wright, Committee Chair/Co-ChairGlenn Hunter Palmer, Committee MemberDouglas William Lemke, Committee MemberDennis Coleman Jett, Outside Member