Idealism or pragmatism? An operational code analysis of Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres

Political Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 683-706

  Crichlow, Scott ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Foreign policy decisions; Israel; Operational code

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032218048     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895x.00127     Document Type: Article

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