Measuring implicit British perceptions of German intentions in 1938-1939

Political Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 839-861

  Winter, David G ^a   Sweet, Brooke E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diplomatic Conversations; Newspapers; Power Motivation; Threat Perception; World War II

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350553607     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2009.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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