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

Go or No-Go

Dennis N. Ricci

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2019
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781498593847
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: American Government
• Index: Politics & International Relations

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?

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 US Military Intervention in the Post–Cold War Era
• 2 Bush I: Persian Gulf War—Go
• 3 Bush I: Bosnia—No-Go
• 4 Clinton: Rwanda—No-Go
• 5 Clinton: Kosovo—Go
• 6 Bush II: Iraq—Go
• 7 Bush II: Iran—No-Go
• 8 Obama: Libya—Go
• 9 Obama: Syria—No-Go
• 10 Military Intervention and Presidential Decision Making
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author