Checking the Costs of War

Sarah E. Kreps is the John L. Wetherill Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University, where she is also an adjunct professor of law and the Director of the Cornell Tech Policy Institute. She is the author of five books, including, most recently, Social Media and International Relations. Douglas L. Kriner is the Clinton Rossiter Professor in American Institutions in the Department of Government at Cornell University. He is the author of five books, including, most recently, The Myth of the Imperial Presidency: How Public Opinion Checks the Unilateral Executive.

"Checking the Costs of War examines the factors influencing the ability of US leaders to engage in a range of fiscally and politically costly foreign policy and military actions in the absence of effective constraints on the part of groups such as the legislature, the federal bureaucracy, and/or the public."

• List of IllustrationsChapter 1. Unfettered Foreign Policy? Domestic Checks on Presidential Powers after 9/11Sarah E. Kreps and Douglas L. KrinerChapter 2. Purely Partisan Warriors? Legislative Rhetoric in the Afghanistan and Iraq WarsSarah E. Kreps and Douglas L. KrinerChapter 3. Varieties of Bipartisanship: How Democrats and Republicans Align on Foreign and Domestic PolicyJordan TamaChapter 4. Cassandra’s Reward: The Electoral Benefits of Early Opposition to an Unpopular WarBenjamin O. FordhamChapter 5. Congressional Midterms, Presidential Reelection, and US Foreign PolicyChristopher Dictus and Philip B. K. PotterChapter 6. Modern Day Minutemen? Public Opinion and Reserve Component MobilizationJessica D. Blankshain and Lindsay P. CohnChapter 7. Gender and the Political Costs of War: Partisan Cues, Gender Heuristics, and the Politics of Public Opposition to WarAaron Childree, Katherine Krimmel, Max Palmer, and Douglas L. KrinerChapter 8. Nondominant Communal Groups and Casualty Sensitivity: Evidence from Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United StatesRonald R. Krebs and Robert RalstonChapter 9. “Hand to Hand Combat”: Bureaucratic Politics and National SecurityAndrew RudalevigeChapter 10. War Powers, the “Deep State,” and InsurrectionRebecca IngberChapter 11. A Post-GWOT Syndrome? Institutional Response, Public Opinion, and the Future of US Foreign PolicySarah E. Kreps and Douglas L. KrinerAcknowledgmentsIndex