Selling intervention and war
Subtitle: the presidency, the media, and the American public
By: Jon Western.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: Intervention (International law) -- Public opinion; War -- Public opinion; Public opinion -- United States; Public relations and politics -- United States -- Case studies; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989 -- Public opinion; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989- -- Public opinion; United States -- Military policy -- Public opinion; United States -- Foreign relations -- Decision making -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: Examines the competition among foreign policy elites in the executive branch and Congress in winning the hearts and minds of the American public for military intervention, and studies how the president and his supporters organize campaigns for public support for military action. According to the author, the outcome depends upon information and propaganda advantages, media support or opposition, the degree of cohesion within the executive branch, and the duration of the crisis. Also important is whether the American public believes that military threat is credible and victory plausible. [Publisher web site].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-294) and index.
Table of contents: title: Liberal theory and the politics of selling war; title: Saying no to the French at Dienbienphu; title: Intervention in Lebanon; title: Operation Urgent Fury : battling the Vietnam syndrome; title: Famine vs. ancient hatreds and quagmires : Somalia vs. Bosnia; title: The war over Iraq.