Rally 'round the union jack? Public opinion and the use of force in the United Kingdom, 1948-2001

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-272

  Lai, Brian ^a   Reiter, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MILITARY INTERVENTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; WAR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18944401960     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-8833.2005.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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