V(E)-mail to the foxhole: Soldier isolation, (tele)communication, and force-projection operations

Journal of Political and Military Sociology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-104

  Ender, Morten G ^a   Segal, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030496669     PISSN: 00472697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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