David Patrick Houghton is a British-American academic and a retired Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, RI. His other books include The Decision Point (Oxford University Press, 2012), A Citizen's Guide to American Foreign Policy (Routledge, 2013), and U.S. Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis (Cambridge University Press, 2001). He has also published academic articles in a wide array of outlets, including Political Psychology, The British Journal of Political Science, Foreign Policy Analysis, Security Studies, and Terrorism and Political Violence.

Preface. Part 1: Introduction 1. Studying Political Psychology 2. Two Conceptual Schemes 3. A Brief History of the Discipline Part 2: Situationism 4. Behaviorism and Human Freedom 5. Obedience and Authoritarianism 6. Creating a "Bad Barrel" 7. Group Decision-Making Part 3: Dispositonism 8. Psychobiography 9. Personality and Beliefs 10. Cognition 11. Affect and Emotion 12. Neuroscience, Biology, and Genetics Part 4: Bringing the Two Together 13. The Psychology of Electoral Choice 14. The Psychology of Political Communication, Persuasion, and the Mass Media 15. The Psychology of Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Cults 16. The Psychology of Terrorism 17. The Psychology of Race and Political Intolerance 18. The Psychology of Foreign Policy and International Conflict Part 5: Conclusions 19. The Future of Political Psychology