Plans and routines, bureaucratic bargaining, and the Cuban missile crisis

Journal of Politics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1163-1190

  McKeown, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0035540325     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-3816.00105     Document Type: Article

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