Leaders at War : : How Presidents Shape Military Interventions / / Elizabeth N. Saunders.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2014
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 2 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. When and How States Intervene
  • 2. Defining and Explaining Intervention
  • 3. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • 4. John F. Kennedy
  • 5. Lyndon B. Johnson
  • 6. Before and After the Cold War
  • 7. The Role of Leaders: Conclusions and Implications
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index