Making the international local: The terrorist attack on the USS Cole, local casualties, and media coverage

Political Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-159

  Gartner, Scott Sigmund ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Casualties; Democratic peace; Home page; Media; Terrorism; USS Cole

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542637136     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600490443859     Document Type: Article

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