Combat Flow: Military, Political, and Ethical Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being in War

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-264

  Harari, Yuval Noah ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

combat; flow; military; military history; subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049134124     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.12.3.253     Document Type: Article

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