Twenty-Five Years of GOP Presidential Nominations examines the recent presidential nominees of the Republican Party. The author explores the idea that the presidential defeats of Republican nominees begin with the primary election choice of a moderate candidate in hopes that the chosen candidate's conservative rhetoric will translate into a general election victory. Written in a unique and dynamic style, this book details the recent history of the party's successes and failures through notable figures such as George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole.
Twenty-Five Years of GOP Presidential Nominations examines the recent presidential nominees of the Republican Party. The author explores the idea that...
From the Hundred Years' War to recent US operations in Afghanistan, the decision to end protracted armed conflict ultimately represents a bargain between political and military leaders. This "civil-military variable" affects the domestic politics of war termination by altering the dynamics of blame attribution. While nobody wants to lose a war, it is also the case nobody wants to be blamed for losing a war. This book shows how the interplay between political and military leadership moderates the extent to which political leadership risks being held culpable, and subsequently punished, for a...
From the Hundred Years' War to recent US operations in Afghanistan, the decision to end protracted armed conflict ultimately represents a bargain betw...