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Author Larson, Eric V. (Eric Victor), 1957-

Title American public support for U.S. military operations from Mogadishu to Baghdad / Eric V. Larson, Bogdan Savych.

Imprint Santa Monica : RAND, ©2005.
Publication Info. ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 248 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-248).
Note "MG-231."
Print version record.
Summary Describes American public opinion toward wars and other large military operations over the last decade.
Contents Introduction -- Understanding Support for Military Operations -- Past as Prologue: Mogadishu to Kosovo -- 9/11 and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan -- Operation Iraqi Freedom -- Main Findings and Implications -- Appendix. Casualties and Consensus, Revisited.
Summary The support of the American public is widely held to be a critical prerequisite for undertaking military action abroad. This monograph describes American public opinion toward wars and other large military operations over the last decade, to delineate the sources of support and opposition for each war or operation, to identify the principal fault lines in support, and to illuminate those factors that are consistent predictors of support for and opposition to military operations.
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989- -- Public opinion.
United States -- Military policy -- Public opinion.
Intervention (International law) -- Public opinion.
War -- Public opinion.
Public opinion -- United States.
United States -- History, Military.
Intervention (Droit international) -- Opinion publique.
Guerre -- Opinion publique.
Opinion publique -- États-Unis.
États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- 1989- -- Opinion publique.
États-Unis -- Politique militaire -- Opinion publique.
États-Unis -- Histoire militaire.
HISTORY -- Military -- Strategy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Military policy -- Public opinion
Public opinion
War -- Public opinion
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Publieke opinie.
Militaire politiek.
Chronological Term Since 1989
Genre/Form Military history
Added Author Savych, Bogdan.
In: Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
Other Form: Print version: Larson, Eric V. (Eric Victor), 1957- American support for U.S. military operations from Mogadishu to Baghdad. Santa Monica : RAND, ©2005 0833036726 9780833036728 (DLC) 2004016643 (OCoLC)56066312
ISBN 9780833040633 (electronic bk.)
0833040634 (electronic bk.)
0833036726
9780833036728
Report No. RAND/MG-231-A
Standard No. AU@ 000048835179
AU@ 000054162646
DEBBG BV043115283
DEBBG BV044158194
DEBSZ 422197858
GBVCP 1008649864

 
    
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