Personality and Foreign Policy

The Case of Stalin

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6337359
AutoresRaymond Birt (University of Kansas, autor de correspondencia)
Año1993
Volumen14
Número4
Páginas607
Fecha de publicación1993-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolitical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3791377
OpenAlexW2321317986
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas14

International Relations theory seldom uses personality variables directly in the explanation of the actions of states. The proper use of psychopathological personality variables is explored by reconstructing Stalin's paranoia and linking it to a crucial period in world history and the theory of a state's response to surprise: the German attack of 1941. For the sake of greater explanatory depth, variables based on the leader's personality attributes are cautiously recom

Foreign policy · German · Paranoia · Personality · Personality development · Personality theory · Political science · Psychotherapist · Surprise · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History · Psychology · Social Psychology