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Secrecy and the politics of selective disclosures: the US government's intervention in Guatemala (2023)
Journal Article
Trenta, L., Fahey, K. T., & Atkinson, D. B. (2024). Secrecy and the politics of selective disclosures: the US government's intervention in Guatemala. Intelligence and National Security, 39(4), 579-598. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2023.2279317

Recent scholarship debates the signaling function of secrecy and covertness. At the international level, covertness is used to achieve strategic objectives without risking escalation or openly violating international law. Domestically, secrecy is und... Read More about Secrecy and the politics of selective disclosures: the US government's intervention in Guatemala.

Rosie the Riveter, Vera the Volunteer: Sexism, Racism, and Female Enlistment in World War II (2023)
Journal Article
Artiles, A., Treneska, J., Fahey, K., & Atkinson, D. B. (2023). Rosie the Riveter, Vera the Volunteer: Sexism, Racism, and Female Enlistment in World War II. PS: Political Science and Politics, 56(3), 383-389. https://doi.org/10.1017/S104909652300015X

What influenced women to volunteer for service in the US military during World War II? Whereas previous literature focused on potential intrinsic and extrinsic individual-level motives, we consider the broader structural context that may have played... Read More about Rosie the Riveter, Vera the Volunteer: Sexism, Racism, and Female Enlistment in World War II.

Ain’t No Fortunate Son: The Political Calculus of Conscription (2022)
Journal Article
Atkinson, D. B., & Fahey, K. (2022). Ain’t No Fortunate Son: The Political Calculus of Conscription. Political Research Quarterly, 76(3), 1151-1167. https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129221119753

Do the electoral incentives of political leaders influence who is compelled to serve in the military? We argue that conscription policy is designed by political actors who care about winning elections. In wartime, politicians face the twin threats of... Read More about Ain’t No Fortunate Son: The Political Calculus of Conscription.