Althaus, Scott L.; Bramlett, Brittany H.; Gimpel, James G. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 56 (2012) 3, pp. 382-412
The “proximate casualties†hypothesis holds that popular support for American wars is undermined more by the deaths of American personnel from nearby areas than by the deaths of those from far away. However, no previous research has tested the mechanisms that might produce this effect....