... in Vietnam but he never explained how he would do so. The chapter cites that the politics of image-making enable open-ended military interventions and influence electoral strategy in a manner that conventional notions of democratic politics do not capture. elections presidential Goldwater Barry Johnson...

... their mandate, creating the impression that only they truly represent the people. These irreconcilable differences have led to democratic breakdowns and military interventions, complicated after the late 1960s by the radicalization of politics driven by social dislocations resulting from rapid socioeconomic...

...This chapter explores the major transformations in the Middle East following the end of the Cold War. It cites that the period of American hegemony started from 1900 to 2010. Military interventions in the Middle East symbolised American power and its limits. Moreover, the intervention had profound...

...This chapter examines individual-level microfoundations of resolve in the context of public opinion using a novel laboratory experiment that models both the selection into, and duration of support for, military interventions. The experiment manipulates situational features of the military...

...This chapter employs a set of Boolean statistical analyses to study the impact of situational and dispositional pathways of resolve on the probability of victory of great power military interventions during the period 1946–2003. It first explains the importance of microfoundations in international...

... José Manuel Mehlman Kenneth Straw Jack Al–Udeid Qatar Prince Sultan Air Base Saudi Arabia Qatar resource pooling Soviet Union Turkey and multilateral interventions international institutions United States 2003 Iraq War unilateralism military interventions In reporting on an investigation...

... the various legal and institutional regimes applicable to such deployments, the main purpose of this book is to examine the decision to deploy troops from the perspective of international law. In its military interventions since 1945 Britain has consistently tried to util- ize international law to justify its...

... a dataset on episodes of military-generated political tension or crises in 1946–85. As highlighted by numerous authors, Brazil experienced many military interventions in politics throughout these four decades (Skidmore 1988 , 1982 ; Carvalho 2005; Gaspari 2002a , 2002b , 2003 , 2004 ). Yet, not all...

...Why did American leaders work hard to secure multilateral approval from the United Nations or NATO for military interventions in Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo, while making only limited efforts to gain such approval for the 2003 Iraq War? This book illuminates little-known aspects of U.S. decision...

...The U.S. policy of “Dollar Diplomacy” was designed to replace “dollars for bullets,” to guarantee economic and political stability in the Caribbean without intrusive and increasingly controversial military interventions. Using military and government records from Dominican and US archives...

... military interventions principal-agent relations decision units domestic political institutions decision makers political ideology We need more omelets in Afghanistan. —International Security Assistance Force officers, referring to observer,mentor, liaison teams (OMLTs), Kabul and Kandahar, December...

..., the maintenance of international order, and on the other, the nature of multinational military interventions. The study of alliances has traditionally focused on states and war, with alliances being a tool with which the former could manage the latter. In recent years, the field has widened, taking into account...

... a false dichotomy of endless military interventions or complete abdication, as painless disengagement from foreign involvement is impossible and domestic prosperity, security, national interest, and values cannot be separated from what happens abroad. The chapter highlights President Joseph Biden's entry...

... Cold War United Nations Charter United Nations Economic and Social Council ECOSOC gender relations Britain Great Britain United Kingdom Canada cooperation Germany global the world politics humanitarian interventions military interventions armed conflicts world society human interaction...

...This chapter looks into how the politics of image-making shaped US military interventions in the post-Cold War era. It focuses on the politics of military intervention in Bosnia and Iraq by Bill Clinton alongside Barack Obama's military intervention in Afghanistan and Libya. Both presidents present...

... industry and services going up. The country rapidly became urbanized. Intensifying differentiation produced political fragmentation, unstable coalition governments, and difficulties in achieving consensus, inviting three military interventions during 1950–1980. While a growing market economy has led...

... extreme, a collection of deployment votes in eleven countries is limited to decisions to send armed forces abroad. Wherever possible, the analyses zoom in on the foreign and security policy and military interventions in particular because decisions on the use of force are at the core of foreign...

... “on the ground” in the United States and around the world. The book examines the ideal of the rule of law, questions when, if ever, executive power “outside the law” is justified to maintain or restore the rule of law, and explores the prospects for and perils of building the rule of law after military...

...This concluding chapter identifies the implications of this book's study for both future research and policy makers. One implication of this study is the shedding of light on the forum-shopping process associated with military interventions. Forum shopping occurs when countries have more than one...

...This chapter investigates individual-level microfoundations of resolve in the context of public opinion about military interventions by conducting a national survey of American adults. The survey consisted of three parts: a factorial experiment manipulating the human and reputational costs...