The theory and practice of foreign policy decision making

Political Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-536

  Renshon, Jonathan ^a   Renshon, Stanley A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexander George; Decision making; National security

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649103705     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2008.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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