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Leaders at war : how presidents shape military interventions / Elizabeth N. Saunders.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cornell studies in security affairsPublication details: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 302 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801460999
  • 0801460999
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Leaders at war.DDC classification:
  • 973.92092/2 22
LOC classification:
  • JK558 .S38 2011eb
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Contents:
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.
Title is part of the collection: Rights, Action, and Social ResponsibilitySummary: The use of military force to intervene in the domestic affairs of other states is one of the most contentious issues in contemporary foreign policy. He the author 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. Focusing on the Cold War presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, it is shown that these leaders' threat perceptions influenced both the decision to intervene and the choice of intervention strategy--specifically, whether they believed that threats ultimately originated from the internal characteristics of other states. The author also explores this theory's applicability to other historical and contemporary settings including the post-Cold War period and the war in Iraq.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index.

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.

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The use of military force to intervene in the domestic affairs of other states is one of the most contentious issues in contemporary foreign policy. He the author 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. Focusing on the Cold War presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, it is shown that these leaders' threat perceptions influenced both the decision to intervene and the choice of intervention strategy--specifically, whether they believed that threats ultimately originated from the internal characteristics of other states. The author also explores this theory's applicability to other historical and contemporary settings including the post-Cold War period and the war in Iraq.

In English.

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