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Marines on the Beach: The Politics of U.S. Military Intervention Decision Making: PSI Reports

Autor Christopher Paul
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 sep 2008 – vârsta până la 17 ani
Paul explores both how and why U.S. military intervention decisions are made. Pursuit of that inquiry requires the identification of decision participants, thorough examination of the decision making processes they employ, and recognition of several factors that influence intervention decisions: the national interest, legitimacy, and the legacies of previous policies. This book provides chapter length treatment of each of these issues. The research is based on detailed historical case studies for the four U.S. Marines on the beach military interventions in Latin America since World War II: The Dominican Republic (1965), Grenada (1983), Panama (1989), and Haiti (1994). Additional cases (notably Afghanistan and Iraq) enter the discussion when considering findings with broader implications.Of the existing theories of governance that compete to explain government policy making, Paul finds that elite theory provides the best general model for intervention decision making, but that the notions of both pluralist and class theorists contribute to a complete explanation, and sometimes in an unexpected way. Findings also indicate considerable contribution from and constraint by institutional sources. However, far from finding that institutional factors are wholly deterministic, this research offers support for a choice-within-constraints model. Conclusions suggest that top decision-makers (especially the president) enjoy wide latitude in framing the national interest and in choosing where to and where not to intervene.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313356841
ISBN-10: 031335684X
Pagini: 236
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria PSI Reports

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

Christopher Paul is a social scientist working out of RAND's Pittsburgh office. He received his PhD in sociology from UCLA in 2001. His current research interests include military influence operations, integration of air and naval forces, simulation training, press-military relations, counterterrorism, and military operations on urban terrain. He is the author of Information Operations (Praeger Security International, 2008).

Cuprins

DedicationPreface/AcknowledgementsChapter 1 (Introduction)Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8 (Conclusion)References