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Informationen zum Autor Robert P. Saldin is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Montana. From 2010 to 2012, he is a Fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Program at Harvard University. Previously, he was the Patrick Henry Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, a Miller Center Dissertation Fellow in Politics and History, and a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies. In 2008, Saldin received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. His refereed articles have appeared or are forthcoming in The Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, and Presidential Studies Quarterly, among others. Klappentext Examines how international wars have affected domestic politics and policymaking in the United States. Zusammenfassung From the Spanish-American War to Vietnam! this book examines how international wars have affected domestic politics and policymaking in the United States. Foreign wars have long-lasting effects that shape elections! political party ideology! the federal government's role in society! and expansions of democratic rights. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The 'Splendid Little War'; 3. The war to end all wars; 4. The good war; 5. The forgotten war; 6. The lost war; 7. Conclusion.