When War Hits Home: The Geography of Military Losses and Support for War in Time and Space

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 382-412

  Althaus, Scott L ^a   Bramlett, Brittany H ^b   Gimpel, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

casualties; Iraq; public opinion; spatial analysis; war support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861745286     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002711422340     Document Type: Article

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