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Psychological War in Vietnam: Governmentality at The United States Information Agency. / Whyte, Jeffrey.
In: Geopolitics, Vol. 23, No. 3, 17.07.2017, p. 661-689.

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Whyte, J 2017, 'Psychological War in Vietnam: Governmentality at The United States Information Agency', Geopolitics, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 661-689. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2017.1342623

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Whyte, J. (2017). Psychological War in Vietnam: Governmentality at The United States Information Agency. Geopolitics, 23(3), 661-689. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2017.1342623

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Whyte J. Psychological War in Vietnam: Governmentality at The United States Information Agency. Geopolitics. 2017 Jul 17;23(3):661-689. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2017.1342623

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Whyte, Jeffrey. / Psychological War in Vietnam: Governmentality at The United States Information Agency. In: Geopolitics. 2017 ; Vol. 23, No. 3. pp. 661-689.

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