Postcards from Heaven: Critical Geographies of the Cold War Military-Industrial-Academic Complex

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Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 820-844

  Pinkerton, Alasdair ^a   Young, Stephen ^b   Dodds, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil defence; Cold War; Communications research; Leafleting; Rumour; United States

Indexed keywords

ARMED FORCES; COLD WAR; COMMUNICATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL HISTORY; WEAPONRY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955725512     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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