PAYNE Andrew <br/><br/>
Presidents, politics, and military strategy:  electoral constraints during the Iraq War/ 
Andrew Payne 
 -  2019/20 
<br/><br/> How do electoral politics affect presidential decisionmaking in war? As both commander in chief and elected officeholder, presidents must inevitably balance competing objectives of the national interest and political survival when assessing alternative military strategies in war. Yet, how and when electoral pressures influence decisionmaking during an ongoing conflict remains unclear. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>MILITARY STRATEGY<br/>UNITED STATES<br/>IRAQ--IRAQ WAR