LEADER 04259nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910458614203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-58193-7 010 $a9786612581939 010 $a0-7391-4253-4 035 $a(CKB)2560000000016423 035 $a(EBL)616217 035 $a(OCoLC)665828225 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000410925 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12172061 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000410925 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10353329 035 $a(PQKB)11710269 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC616217 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL616217 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10389660 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL258193 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000016423 100 $a20091208d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aActing alone$b[electronic resource] $ea scientific study of American hegemony and unilateral use-of-force decision making /$fBradley F. Podliska 210 $aLanham, Md. $cLexington Books$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (424 p.) 225 1 $aInnovations in the study of world politics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-4251-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 227-245) and index. 327 $aList of Figures; List of Table; Acknowledgments; 1; Introduction; The Puzzle and Research Question; Contributions of This Study; Methodological Strategy: Statistical, Experimental, and Case Studies; Plan of the Book; 2; Unilateral Use-of-Force Decision Making; Introduction; American Hegemonic Behavior; American Military Power; Employing American Military Power: A Two-Step Decision Process; The First Decision: Why a President Makes a Use-of-Force Decision; The Second Decision: Why a President Makes a Unilateral Use-of-Force Decision; A New Model of Unilateral Use-of Force Decision Making 327 $aConclusion3; Statistical Tests; Introduction; Hypotheses; The Data Sets; The Crisis Dyad 52; Dependent Variable; Explanatory Variables; Control Variables; Statistical Tests; The Probit Framework; The Heckman Probit Model; Conclusion; 4; Does the Type of Crisis Matter?; Introduction; The Study; Experimental Method; Humanitarian Crisis Results; Regime Change Results; National Security Results; Discussion; Conclusion; 5; Opening Up the "Black Box" of a President's Unilateral Decision; Introduction; 1991 Gulf War (Multilateral Case); Bay of Pigs (Unilateral Case) 327 $a1989 Panama Invasion (Unilateral Case)Conclusion; 6; Conclusion; Introduction; Implications from the Statistical Analysis; Implications from the Experimental Analysis; Implications from the Case Study Analysis; Directions for Future Research; Conclusion; Appendix A; Coding of Crisis Dyads; Appendix B; Experiment Instructions and Crisis Scenarios; Bibliography; Index; About the Author 330 $aActing Alone offers an unprecedented scientifically-based answer to the question of why presidents, regardless of political party, make decisions to use unilateral military force. By using three methods to test U.S. crisis behavior since 1937, the author of Acting Alone makes the case that presidents are realists and make a unilateral decision based on a wide military gap with an opponent, an opponent located in the Western hemisphere, and a national security threat. 410 0$aInnovations in the study of world politics. 606 $aHegemony$zUnited States 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States 606 $aWar and emergency powers$zUnited States 606 $aUnilateral acts (International law) 606 $aIntervention (International law) 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHegemony 615 0$aPresidents 615 0$aWar and emergency powers 615 0$aUnilateral acts (International law) 615 0$aIntervention (International law) 676 $a327.1/170973 700 $aPodliska$b Bradley F$0953674 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458614203321 996 $aActing alone$92156368 997 $aUNINA