Peering into the fog of war: The geography of the WikiLeaks Afghanistan war logs, 2004-2009

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-495

  O'Loughlin, John ^a   Witmer, Frank ^a   Linke, Andrew ^a   Thorwardson, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ACLED; Afghanistan; Al Qaeda; civilian casualties; insurgency; Pakistan; Taliban; U.S. military; violence hotspots; WikiLeaks

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; DATABASE; GEOSTATISTICS; INFORMATION; INTERNET; POLITICAL CONFLICT; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

AFGHANISTAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 77955884352     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.51.4.472     Document Type: Article

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