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David Patrick Houghton (born November 21 1966) is a British American writer and academic who is currently based in Orlando, FL. He is also an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Florida. His most recent books are 'U.S. Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis' (Cambridge University Press, 2001), 'Controversies in American Politics and Society' (Blackwell, 2002, co-authored with David McKay and Andrew Wroe) and 'Political Psychology: Situations, Individuals, and Cases' (Routledge, 2009). His new book, 'The Decision Point', is due to be published by Oxford University Press in early 2013. His areas of expertise are political psychology and decision-making in international relations, with a particular focus on American foreign policy and foreign policy analysis. He has published articles in journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, Political Psychology, Security Studies, Terrorism and Political Violence, Policy Sciences, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Review, Peace and Conflict and International Politics. He also taught at the Universities of Pittsburgh (1992-96) and Essex (1996-2003), and from 2001 to 2002 was a Visiting Scholar at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at the Ohio State University.