Psychological Dynamics of Intractable Ethnonational Conflicts: The Israeli-Palestinian Case

American Psychologist

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 761-770

  Rouhana, Nadim N ^a   Bar Tal, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0000768575     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.53.7.761     Document Type: Review

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