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Leaders at war : How presidents shape military interventions



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Autore: Saunders Elizabeth N. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Leaders at war : How presidents shape military interventions Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Ithaca, N.Y., : Cornell University Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
Disciplina: 973.92092/2
Soggetto topico: War and emergency powers - United States - History - 20th century
Politics and war - United States - History - 20th century
Presidents - United States - History - 20th century
Political leadership - United States - History - 20th century
Intervention (International law) - History - 20th century
Politik og krig
Amerikanske presidenter
Militærledelse
Soggetto geografico: United States Military policy 20th century
United States Foreign relations 1945-1989
Altri autori: SaundersElizabeth  
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-292) and index.
Nota di contenuto: When and how states intervene -- Defining and explaining intervention -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -- John F. Kennedy -- Lyndon B. Johnson -- Before and after the Cold War -- The role of leaders : conclusions and implications.
Sommario/riassunto: One of the most contentious issues in contemporary foreign policy-especially in the United States-is the use of military force to intervene in the domestic affairs of other states. Some military interventions explicitly try to transform the domestic institutions of the states they target; others do not, instead attempting only to reverse foreign policies or resolve disputes without trying to reshape the internal landscape of the target state. In Leaders at War, Elizabeth N. Saunders provides a framework for understanding when and why great powers seek to transform foreign institutions and societies through military interventions. She highlights a crucial but often-overlooked factor in international relations: the role of individual leaders.Saunders argues that leaders' threat perceptions-specifically, whether they believe that threats ultimately originate from the internal characteristics of other states-influence both the decision to intervene and the choice of intervention strategy. These perceptions affect the degree to which leaders use intervention to remake the domestic institutions of target states. Using archival and historical sources, Saunders concentrates on U.S. military interventions during the Cold War, focusing on the presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. After demonstrating the importance of leaders in this period, she also explores the theory's applicability to other historical and contemporary settings including the post-Cold War period and the war in Iraq.
Titolo autorizzato: Leaders at war  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8014-6147-2
0-8014-6099-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910829161103321
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Serie: Cornell studies in security affairs.