War and American Foreign Policy: Justifications of Major Military Actions in the US by David J. Lorenzo
English | EPUB | 2021 | 289 Pages | ISBN : 3030666948 | 0.4 MB
This book explores presidential justifications of every major American military conflict from the War of 1812 to the Second Gulf War. It generates two important findings. First, presidents employ a specific standard (the Necessity Standard) publicly to justify decisions to go to war, and privately to make decisions regarding war and peace.