Understanding Congress's Role in Terminating Unpopular Wars: A Comparison of the Vietnam and Iraq Wars
| dc.contributor.author | McHugh, Kelly A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-20T01:03:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-20T01:03:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description.abstract | I examine how Congress reacts when the president refuses to terminate involvement in an unpopular war. To address this, I devise a set of hypotheses based on David Mayhew’s work Congress and the Electoral Connection and seek to predict the conditions under which Congress will employ three strategies to end a war: enacting legislation, framing exit strategies, and privately lobbying the president. I test these hypotheses in two cases, the Vietnam and Iraq wars, and conclude that the hypotheses provide a compelling explanation for Congressional behavior during the two wars. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | McHugh, K. (2014). Understanding Congress’s Role in Terminating Unpopular Wars : A Comparison of the Vietnam and Iraq Wars. Democracy and Security, 10(3), 191–224. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 17419166 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.48602341&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=s5615486 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11416/868 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Routledge | en_US |
| dc.subject | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Iraq War, 2003-2011 | en_US |
| dc.subject | International relations | en_US |
| dc.subject | c | en_US |
| dc.title | Understanding Congress's Role in Terminating Unpopular Wars: A Comparison of the Vietnam and Iraq Wars | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |