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Book Review: Strategic Narratives, Public Opinion, and War: Winning Domestic Support for the Afghan War
Beatrice HeuserRUSI Journal, 3 April 2017
Afghanistan, The War on Terror, Counterinsurgency, Central and South Asia
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