War president: The approval ratings of George W. Bush

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 783-808

  Eichenberg, Richard C ^a   Stoll, Richard J ^b   Lebo, Matthew ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approval ratings; George W. Bush; Iraq war

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750571666     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002706293671     Document Type: Article

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