THE PERSONALITY CORRELATES OF BELLIGERENCE IN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
In: Comparative politics, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 156
ISSN: 0010-4159
ATTEMPTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A BELIGGERENT PERSONALITY TYPE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND WHETHER COMMON CHARACTERISTICS CAN BE ASCRIBED. CASE STUDIES OF FOURTEEN DECISIONMAKERS INDECATED EXISTENCE OF BELLIGERENT TYPE WITH TRAITS SUCH AS REBELLIONSNESS, DICTATORIAL TENDENCIES, AND VERBAL AGGRESSIVENESS. TWO HYPOTHESES ARE GIVEN AS PARTIAL EXPLANATION OF DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALITY.