Discursive legacies: The U.S. peace movement and "support the troops"

Social Problems

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-189

  Coy, Patrick G ^a   Woehrle, Lynne M ^b   Maney, Gregory M ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mount Mary College

^c HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse; Iraq War; Peace; Social movements; Troops

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449103366     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2008.55.2.161     Document Type: Article

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