Selling intervention and war : the presidency, the media, and the American public / Jon Western

Author:: Western, Jon W., 1963-
Additional Titles:: Selling intervention & war
Published:: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Physical Description:: xi, 305 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Liberal theory and the politics of selling war -- Saying no to the French at Dienbienphu -- Intervention in Lebanon -- Battling the Vietnam syndrome in Grenada -- Famine in Somalia and ancient hatreds in Bosnia -- The war over Iraq.

Subject(s):

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

ISBN:

0801881080 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801881099 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-294) and index.

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