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Political Use of the United States Armed Forces, 1946-1976

Principal Investigator(s): Kaplan, Stephen; Blechman, Barry

Summary: The data in this collection were generated in 1976 as part of a Brookings Institution project studying the use of the United States Armed Forces as a political instrument. By the study's definition, political use of the armed forces occurs when physical actions are taken by one or more components of the uniformed military services as part of a deliberate attempt by the national authorities to influence, or to be prepared to influence, specific behavior of individuals in another natio... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07595

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