Peace at What Price
Leader Culpability and the Domestic Politics of War Termination
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19909339 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah E Croco (0000-0002-8345-6104, University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Peace at What Price? (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9781139963121 |
| OpenAlex | W2487023114 |
| Open Library | OL34561147M |
| ISBN | 9781139963121 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 75 |
Why do some leaders stay in wars they are unlikely to win? Why do other leaders give in to their adversaries' demands when continued fighting is still possible? Peace at What Price? strives to answer these questions by offering a new theoretical concept: leader culpability. Culpable leaders - those who can be credibly linked to the decision to involve the state in the war - face a significantly higher likelihood of domestic punishment if they fail to win a war than non-culpable leaders who do the same. Consequently, culpable leaders will prosecute wars very differently from their non-culpable counterparts. Utilizing a large-N analysis and case illustrations, the book's findings challenge the conventional wisdom regarding the relationship between war outcomes and leader removal and demonstrate the necessity of looking at individual leader attributes, instead of collapsing leaders by regime type. The book also offers new insights on democracies at war and speaks to the American experience in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Criminology · Culpability · Economics · Face (sociological concept) · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Punishment (psychology) · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Computer Science · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Military History and Strategy · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · War, Ethics, and Justification · Administrative responsibility · Government · Kriegsende · Militärische Planung · Öffentliche Meinung · Political aspects · Politics and war · Politische Entscheidung · Politische Führung · Public opinion · Termination · War
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US Diplomatic Visits and Allies’ Military Spending
The Flipside of Flip-Flopping
War terminations as critical situations for ontological security
Fighting the last war
Pressure for War
The Affect and Effect of Images of War on Individual Opinion and Emotions
Wars of Succession
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Vengeful Citizens, Violent States
Strongmen cry too
War and Responsibility
History is written by the losers
Two kinds of catastrophe
Conclusion to the Symposium on War Duration
Rationality and the Limits of Psychology in Explaining Interstate War Duration
Unifying the Study of the Causes and Duration of Wars
Moving Beyond Pathology
War Duration and the Micro-Dynamics of Decision Making under Stress
Advances and Opportunities in the Study of Political Communication, Foreign Policy, and Public Opinion
Gender, sexism, and war
Democracies in Conflict
Is There a War Party? Party Change, the Left–Right Divide, and International Conflict
Militarized Disputes, Uncertainty, and Leader Tenure
Dovish Hawks
War Deaths Can Increase Support for Incumbents
Crazy Like a Fox? Are Leaders with Reputations for Madness More Successful at International Coercion
Choosing your battles
Paris 1919
The Vietnam War
The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion
Candidate reputations and the ‘incumbency effect’
Chasing the Bad News
Leaders and International Conflict
Italy from Napoleon to Mussolini
The Logic of Political Survival
Case Studies
Flip-Flops and High Heels
Eugene
Exploding the Powder Keg Myth
How Smart and Tough are Democracies? Reassessing Theories of Democratic Victory in War
Success Matters
Changing minds? Not in Congress
Congress
The Industrial Organization of Congress; or, Why Legislatures, Like Firms, Are Not Organized as Markets
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The Iraq War, Partisanship, and Candidate Attributes
Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
Embedding the Truth
The Electoral Cost of War
Agreeing to Disagree
Responding to War on Capitol Hill
The Impact of National Tides and District-Level Effects on Electoral Outcomes
Covenants Without the Sword International Law and the Protection of Civilians in Times of War
The Puzzle of Midterm Loss
Assuming the Costs of War
Bear Any Burden? How Democracies Minimize the Costs of War
Institutional Context and the Assignment of Political Responsibility
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How Citizens Respond to Combat Casualties
War Casualties, Policy Positions, and the Fate of Legislators
Explaining Wars Fought by Established Democracies
Party Loyalty and Legislative Success
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What's in a word
Who Toes the Party Line? Cues, Values, and Individual Differences
The voter as juror
Iraq Casualties and the 2006 Senate Elections
War, Casualties, and Public Opinion
War Aims and War Outcomes
Time to Fight
Casualties and Constituencies
When War Hits Home
Election Cycles and War
War and American Democracy
The Equifinality of War Termination
The Declining Advantages of Democracy
Politicians, the Media, and Domestic Audience Costs
A Competing Risks Model of War Termination and Leader Change1
Autocratic Audience Costs
Conflict, Agency, and Gambling for Resurrection
International Conflict and the Tenure of Leaders
The Electoral Impact of Economic Conditions
Casualties and Incumbents
Party Over Policy
Emotions as Moderators of Information Cue Use
All Politics are Still Local
The United Nations Security Council and the Rally 'Round the Flag Effect
War and the Survival of Political Leaders
Presidential Coattails in Senate Elections
Ties to the Dead
Governments, Partisanship, and Foreign Policy
Myopic Voters and Natural Disaster Policy
Are Congressional Committees Composed of Preference Outliers
Foreign Affairs and Issue Voting
Strongmen and Straw Men
Political Parties at War
War and the Fate of Regimes
Spatial Models of Party Competition
The Decider's Dilemma
The Electoral Implications of Candidate Ambiguity
Australia in Peace and War
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,73 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |