Bringing the boys back home: campaign promises and US decision-making in Iraq and Vietnam
This article argues that electoral politics acts as an important constraint on presidential decision-making in war. Going beyond the existing literature’s focus on cases of conflict initiation, it outlines how electoral pressures push and pull presidents away from courses of action which may otherwi...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2020
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