How Public Opinion Constrains the Use of Force: The Case of Operation Restore Hope

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-226

  Baum, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85055305068     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2007.00236.x-i1     Document Type: Article

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