'The way we were': The social construction of Italian security policy

Modern Italy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-230

  Pirani, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Italian security policy; Italian strategic culture; Practice theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956228430     PISSN: 13532944     EISSN: 14699877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13532940903573639     Document Type: Article

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