Ole Holsti, one of the deans of US foreign policy analysis, examines the complex factors involved in the policy decision-making process including the beliefs and cognitive processes of foreign policy leaders and the influence public opinion has on foreign policy. The essays, in addition to being both theoretically and empirically rich, are historical in breadth--with essays on Vietnam--as well as contemporary in relevance--with essays on public opinion and foreign policy after 9/11.
Ole Holsti, one of the deans of US foreign policy analysis, examines the complex factors involved in the policy decision-making process including t...
Drawing on public opinion surveys conducted in 30 nations, this book documents an anti-American sentiment. It suggests that the war in Iraq, human rights violations, and unpopular international policies are largely responsible.
Drawing on public opinion surveys conducted in 30 nations, this book documents an anti-American sentiment. It suggests that the war in Iraq, human rig...
"A substantial contribution to understanding the role of public opinion and the news media during the Iraq War. Equally impressive, it effectively puts the domestic context of U.S. policy in historical perspective, making the book useful to historians as well as to political scientists." ---Ralph B. Levering, Davidson College
"American Public Opinion on the Iraq War sets out to chart against a detailed account of the war a nuanced assessment of how public opinion on the conflict evolved, the partisan differences that emerged, how the issue affected other areas of foreign...
"A substantial contribution to understanding the role of public opinion and the news media during the Iraq War. Equally impressive, it effectively ...
