Checking the Costs of War

"More than two decades have passed since the 9/11 terrorist attacks resuscitated debates about the imperial presidency in the United States. In that same timeframe, the United States has fought wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, pivoted to the Pacific to counter China, and pulled its gaze back to Europe and the Middle East with wars in Ukraine and Gaza. This volume examines the domestic constraints that presidents have faced across these contexts and over time. Contributions explore the effects of legislative, public opinion, and bureaucratic checks on executive power to produce insights into the prospects for war and peace in a post-9/11 era and now, more than twenty years distant, in a post-post 9/11 world"--

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.