War casualties, policy positions, and the fate of legislators

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 467-477

  Gartner, Scott Sigmund ^a   Segura, Gary M ^b   Barratt, Bethany A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 8744255717     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591290405700311     Document Type: Article

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