Does experience matter?: American presidential experience, age, and international conflict

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-378

  Potter, Philip B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Crisis; Dispute; Experience; Leadership; Rally

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248589476     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002707300179     Document Type: Article

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