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There’s no place like home: Storytelling of war in Afghanistan and street crime ‘at home’ in the Omaha World-Herald.

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There’s no place like home: Storytelling of war in Afghanistan and street crime ‘at home’ in the Omaha World-Herald. / Gutsche Jr, Robert.
In: Journalism Practice, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2014, p. 65-79.

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Gutsche Jr, R 2014, 'There’s no place like home: Storytelling of war in Afghanistan and street crime ‘at home’ in the Omaha World-Herald.', Journalism Practice, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 65-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2013.778602

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Gutsche Jr, R. (2014). There’s no place like home: Storytelling of war in Afghanistan and street crime ‘at home’ in the Omaha World-Herald. Journalism Practice, 8(1), 65-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2013.778602

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Gutsche Jr R. There’s no place like home: Storytelling of war in Afghanistan and street crime ‘at home’ in the Omaha World-Herald. Journalism Practice. 2014;8(1):65-79. Epub 2013 Mar 15. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2013.778602

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Gutsche Jr, Robert. / There’s no place like home : Storytelling of war in Afghanistan and street crime ‘at home’ in the Omaha World-Herald. In: Journalism Practice. 2014 ; Vol. 8, No. 1. pp. 65-79.

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