Presidential responses to foreign policy crises: Rational choice and domestic politics

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-97

  Wang, Kevin H ^a  

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EID: 0030088562     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002796040001005     Document Type: Article

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