nmm 22 4500 ICPSR07595 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130524s1984 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR07595 MiAaI MiAaI Political Use of the United States Armed Forces, 1946-1976 [electronic resource] Stephen Kaplan , Barry Blechman 1992-02-16 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1984 ICPSR 7595 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-24. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. 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 nation without engaging in a contest of violence. The study yielded 226 such cases between January 1, 1946, and December 31, 1976. The data can be grouped into seven categories: dates of the events, contextual characteristics of events, types and sizes of United States Armed Forces involved, movement and readiness of forces, activities of forces, non-United States actors involved, and United States public approval of the president within two months of the event. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07595.v1 arms race icpsr international politics icpsr military civilian relations icpsr armed forces icpsr Cold War icpsr disputes icpsr military strategies icpsr military strength icpsr politics icpsr public approval icpsr presidential performance icpsr ICPSR XI.C. International Systems: Linkages, Relationships, and Events, Structural Characteristics of the International System Kaplan, Stephen Blechman, Barry Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 7595 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07595.v1