Last post for "the greatest generation": The policy implications of the decline of military experience in the U.S. congress

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-102

  Bianco, William T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 27944492760     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3162/036298005X201464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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