TY - BOOK AU - PAYNE Andrew TI - Bargaining with the military: how presidents manage the political costs of civilian control PY - 2023/// KW - MILITARY KW - CIVILIAN CONTROL KW - DECISION MAKING N2 - In an era of increased politicization of the military, there are powerful disincentives for commanders-in-chief to challenge the preferences of the senior military leadership. Even though presidents may have the constitutional "right to be wrong," they require considerable political capital to test that proposition. Dominant normative theories of civil-military relations focus on ideal-type scenarios that do not reflect the messy, inherently political character of elite decision-making ER -