Mistaken Ideas and Their Effects

The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Clarke, Lee ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civilian politicians; Deterrence rhetoric; Diplomacy; Mistaken ideas; Nuclear war planning; U.S.

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066644714     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199270439.003.0016     Document Type: Chapter

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