Following the "mail hawks" alternative measures of public opinion on Vietnam in the Johnson White House

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-391

  Rottinghaus, Brandon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 34548807589     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfm029     Document Type: Article

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