Extensive research demonstrates that war casualties depress incumbent popularity. The present study argues that analyses of the political costs of warfare should also account for the financial toll of wars since a) financial costs of wars are substantial, b) these costs are publicly observed and...

The Cold War security order was characterized by a massive transfer of warmaking authority from Congress to the presidency. Presidentialists especially cite the Korean War as a location where the president appropriately exercised his war authority under the Commander-in-Chief clause. Partisans...