Crossing the water's edge: Elite rhetoric, media coverage, and the rally-round-the-flag phenomenon

Journal of Politics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1065-1085

  Groeling, Tim ^a   Baum, Matthew A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 54549113341     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381608081061     Document Type: Article

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