Missing voices: War attitudes among military service- connected civilians

Armed Forces and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 391-412

  Krueger, James S ^a   Pedraza, Francisco I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil military gap; Public opinion; War attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862185909     PISSN: 0095327X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095327X11428786     Document Type: Note

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