TY  - BOOK
AU  - Saunders,Elizabeth N.
TI  - Leaders at war: how presidents shape military interventions 
T2  - Cornell studies in security affairs
SN  - 9780801460999
AV  - JK558 .L433 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Ithaca, N.Y.
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - War and emergency powers
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Politics and war
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Political leadership
KW  - Intervention (International law)
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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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