Strategic culture and the national security policy

International Studies Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 87-113

  Lantis, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NATIONAL SECURITY; POST-COLD WAR; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 0036766163     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1521-9488.t01-1-00266     Document Type: Article

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