"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is the enemy: Dealing with the war-provoking rules of intent

Conflict Management and Peace Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 287-296

  Saperstein, Alvin M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enemies; Friends; International behavior; Mathematical models; Rules of behavior; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144317868     PISSN: 07388942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388940490882550     Document Type: Article

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