Title: War, the American state, and politics since 1898
Description: "This book examines major foreign conflicts from the Spanish-American War through Vietnam, arguing that international conflicts have strong effects on American political parties, elections, state development, and policymaking. First, major wars expose and highlight problems requiring governmental solutions or necessitating emergency action. Second, despite well-known curtailments of civil liberties, wars often enhance democracy by drawing attention to the contributions of previously marginalized groups and facilitating the extension of fuller citizenship rights to them. Finally, wars affect the party system. Foreign conflicts create crises - many of which are unanticipated - that require immediate attention, supplant prior issues on the policy agenda, and engender shifts in party ideology. These new issues and redefinitions of party ideology frequently influence elections by shaping both elite and mass behavior"--
Subjects: Politics and government, World War, 1914-1918, Political culture, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Military History, History, Politics and war, World War, 1939-1945, Spanish-American War, 1898, Political parties, Korean War, 1950-1953, Political parties, united states, Spanish-american war, 1898, World war, 1914-1918, united states, World war, 1939-1945, united states, Korean war, 1950-1953, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, united states, United states, politics and government, 20th century
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century