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2009

Fall 2009

"Transformative Choices: Leaders and the Origins of Intervention Strategy"

Journal Article, International Security, issue 2, volume 34

By Elizabeth N. Saunders

When and why do great powers seek to transform foreign institutions and societies through military interventions? What role does executive leadership play in influencing the choice of intervention strategy, especially the degree to which an intervention interferes in the domestic institutions of the target state?

 

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