Government Popularity and the Falklands War: A Reassessment

British Journal of Political Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 281-313

  Sanders, David ^a   Ward, Hugh ^a   Marsh, David ^a   Fletcher, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84971896288     PISSN: 00071234     EISSN: 14692112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007123400004762     Document Type: Article

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