Rational choice and the political bases of changing Israeli counterinsurgency strategy

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 482-503

  Brym, Robert J ^a   Andersen, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counterterrorism; Israel; Low intensity warfare; Middle East; Palestine; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HISTORY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; POLITICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WAR;

ARABS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLITICS; WAR;

EID: 80052553895     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2011.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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