Presidential Decision Making and Military Intervention in the Post–Cold War Era

Download or read book Presidential Decision Making and Military Intervention in the Post–Cold War Era written by Dennis N. Ricci and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the end of the Cold War, the frequency of U.S. military intervention has increased. While military intervention accelerated after 9/11, increasing intervention was demonstrably evident well before 2001. Presidential Decision Making and Military Intervention in the Post–Cold War Era: Go or No-Go analyzes presidential decision making regarding military intervention through a focused, structured comparison of “go” and “no-go” decisions from the four successive administrations of Presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Dennis Ricci explores competing explanations for why a presidential administration will decide to intervene in one situation and not in another. Since both the situations and decision makers vary across cases, Ricci analyzes explanations for intervention by asking: Why intervene? Why use force or not? Under what conditions or circumstances are intervention decisions made?