Clarifying decisions: Assessing the impact of decision structures on foreign policy choices during the 1970 Jordanian Civil War

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 733-754

  Astorino Courtois, Allison ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Civil war; Foreign policy; Jordan; Political history; Twentieth century

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; FOREIGN POLICY; POLITICAL HISTORY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

JORDAN;

EID: 0032470140     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0020-8833.00104     Document Type: Article

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