Peace at What Price? : Leader Culpability and the Domestic Politics of War Termination.

Part 2: Attributing Culpability in Times of WarLeaders' Reactions to Their Own Culpability; Part 3: The Importance of Leader Culpability; Part 4: Hypotheses for Citizen and Leader Behavior; Leader Behavior Hypotheses; Punishment Hypotheses; Part 5: Implications from the Theory; A Rationale for \"Irrational\" Leaders; The Importance of Domestic Politics; Culpability and Democracies at War; Conclusion; 3 Culpability and Domestic Punishment; Part 1: Measuring Major Concepts; Measuring Culpability; First Leaders; Associates; Nonculpable Leaders; Measuring Leader Punishment.

Part 2: Quantitative ResultsConditional Factors; Regime Type; Length of Conflict Involvement Postaccession; Adversary War Aims; Part 3: Italy in World War I; Conclusion; 4 Culpability and Leader Behavior; Part 1: War Outcomes; Testing the Basic Relationship; The Joint Effect of Culpability and Regime Type; Part 2: The Downside of Culpability; Part 3: Australia in Vietnam; Conclusion; 5 Culpability in the Legislature; Part 1: Culpability and Legislator Voting Behavior; Part 2: Culpability and Legislator Punishment; Punishing Associates; Punishing Supporters.

Part 3: Implications for the Legislature's Ability to Check a Culpable ExecutiveCosts for Supporting Antiwar Legislation: Associates; Costs for Supporting Antiwar Legislation: Supporters; Consequences of Congressional Culpability: The War in Iraq; Conclusion; 6 Conclusion; Culpability and Recent U.S. Foreign Policy; Implications for Theory; Implications for Policy; Effective Accountability?; A Graceful Exit?; Appendix to Chapter 3; Other Paths to Culpability: War Supporters; Voluntary Participation; Understanding the Bias of \"One-Leader\" Designs.

Measurement of Control Variables and Associated Robustness ChecksAdversary War Aims; Casualties; Prewar Tenure Length; Wartime Performance; Regime Type; Using Three Regime Types Instead of Two; Circumstances Surrounding Leader Changes; Recoding Nonculpable Leaders Who Stay in the War for More Than a Year after Coming to Office; Appendix to Chapter 4; Appendix to Chapter 5; Understanding How Culpability Attenuates the Response of Legislators; List of Bills Used in Roll Call Analysis; Works Cited; Index.