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Testing the “Proximate Casualties Hypothesis”: Local Troop Loss, Attention to News, and Support for Military Intervention

Andrew F. Hayes School of Communication The Ohio State University, Correspondence[email protected]
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Teresa A. Myers School of Communication The Ohio State University, View further author information
Pages 379-402 | Published online: 19 Oct 2009

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