A. Bradley Potter
Author's Articles
Remembering Colin Gray
Remembering Colin Gray
In this roundtable, a number of distinguished scholars who were influenced by Colin Gray remember the man and the scholar who passed away in February at age 76.
When Do Leaders Change Course? Theories of Success and the American Withdrawal from Beirut, 1983–1984
When Do Leaders Change Course? Theories of Success and the American Withdrawal from Beirut, 1983–1984
Why did the United States withdraw from Lebanon in February 1984? How did new information shape policymakers’ proposals to expand, maintain, or terminate the intervention? Drawing upon declassified records, we challenge the conventional narrative that the…