Peterson, Bill E.; Winter, David G.; Doty, Richard M. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 38 (1994) 4, pp. 719-748
We present a model suggesting that international conflicts escalate to violence when countries (a) express higher levels of power motive imagery, (b) exaggerate levels of perceived power motive imagery in communications and statements from the “other†side, and (c) express still higher...