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04359aam a2200529 i 4500 001 523337BECD6211EE9507C16149ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240217010049 008 221221s2023 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022050825 020 $a 0231209657 020 $a 9780231209656 020 $a 0231209649 020 $a 9780231209649 035 $a (OCoLC)1355012749 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d TOH $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK524 $b .P39 2023 082 00 $a 324.973 $2 23/eng/20230103 100 1 $a Payne, Andrew, $d 1991- $e author. 245 10 $a War on the ballot : $b how the election cycle shapes presidential decision-making in war / $c Andrew Payne. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a x, 325 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Presidents, politics and war -- Korea : Truman, Eisenhower and America's first limited war -- Vietnam : Lyndon Johnson and the "Americanization" of the war -- Vietnam : Richard Nixon and the "Vietnamization" of the war -- Iraq : George W. Bush and the decision to double down -- Iraq : Barack Obama and the endgame -- Conclusion. 520 $a "How do impending elections affect a U.S. president's decision making in wartime? At once commander in chief and holder of the highest elected office, U.S. presidents must balance the national interest and personal political survival when assessing strategies. While we all have an intuitive sense that elections "matter" in some way, exactly how, why, or when they do so is not well understood. Frequently invoked in an ad hoc manner to give color to historical accounts, the systematic analysis of the relationship between the electoral cycle and wartime decision making in particular is a blind spot in an otherwise rich literature on the domestic components of American foreign policy. Using a wealth of original documentary sources and interviews with dozens of senior administration officials and high-ranking generals, War on the Ballot reveals the surprisingly large role that electoral politics has played in all of America's major wars since 1945. In Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq, critical decisions regarding military and diplomatic strategy were all too often taken with one eye on the domestic political calendar-sometimes with striking disregard for the national interest. Political scientist Andrew Payne models electoral pressures as a conditional source of constraint, which can push or pull presidents towards more belligerent or more cautious courses of action depending on their perception of the strategic and electoral dynamics at stake. The book captures the reality that both the anticipation of future election seasons and the memory of earlier commitments made on the campaign trail can have substantial impact on decision making-as can congressional midterm campaigns. At the highest level of national security policy, as one senior military officer concluded with dismay, it was "all about politics.""-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $x History $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $x Decision making. 650 0 $a Politics and war $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x History, Military $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x History, Military $y 21st century. 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Politics and war. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069964 650 7 $a Presidents $x Decision making. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075743 650 7 $a Presidents $x Election. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075747 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-2099 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Military history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411630 655 7 $a History. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Military history. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: $a Payne, Andrew, 1991- $t War on the ballot $d New York : Columbia University Press, 2023 $z 9780231558044 $w (DLC) 2022050826 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240217011233.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=523337BECD6211EE9507C16149ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search