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 PostCold 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?Dennis N. Ricci is senior lecturer in politics and history at Curry College.
Chapter 1U.S. Military Intervention in The PostCold War Era
Chapter 2Bush I: Persian Gulf WarGo
Chapter 3Bush I: BosniaNo-Go
Chapter 4Clinton: RwandaNo-Go
Chapter 5 Clinton: KosovoGo
Chapter 6 Bush II: IraqGo
Chapter 7 Bush II: IranNo-Go
Chapter 8Obama: LibyaGo
Chapter 9Obama: SyriaNo-Go
Chapter 10Military Intervention & Presidential Decision Making
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