Force and the United States after Vietnam: Allison applied

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dc.contributor.authorAdcox, Wallace O. IIIen
dc.contributor.committeechairLuke, Timothy W.en
dc.contributor.committeechairWalcott, Charles E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSpiezio, Kim E.en
dc.contributor.departmentPolitical Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:49:05Zen
dc.date.adate2008-11-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:49:05Zen
dc.date.issued1990-05-09en
dc.date.rdate2008-11-07en
dc.date.sdate2008-11-07en
dc.description.abstractMost studies of the use of conventional military force by the United States in the twentieth century tend to characterize the decision making process in terms of a unitary state and a unitary presidential decision maker. One alternative to this approach is the Bureaucratic Politics paradigm proposed by Graham Allison. To test the explanatory power of this decision making model in the post-Vietnam era, this thesis applies the specific propositions of Graham Allison's "Governmental Politics Model" concerning the use of military force, to selected case studies. In an attempt to determine the explanatory power of Allison's Governmental Politics model in the wake of Vietnam, this thesis draws on case studies ranging from the Dominican Republic intervention to the recent invasion of Panama. This thesis seeks to measure the theory to present reality.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.extent194 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-11072008-063508en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11072008-063508/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45473en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1990.A336.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 22699256en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1990.A336en
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Foreign relations administrationen
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Decision makingen
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Military policy -- Decision makingen
dc.titleForce and the United States after Vietnam: Allison applieden
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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