Leaders at War: How Presidents Shape Military Interventions

by Elizabeth N. Saunders

Book Overview

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 not, instead attempting only to reverse foreign policies or resolve disputes without trying to reshape the internal landscape of the target state...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080147955X
• ISBN13: 9780801479557
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher