Paying the Human Costs of War : : American Public Opinion and Casualties in Military Conflicts /

Paying the Human Costs of War : : American Public Opinion and Casualties in Military Conflicts / / Christopher Gelpi, Peter D. Feaver, Jason Reifler.

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From the Korean War to the current conflict in Iraq, Paying the Human Costs of War examines the ways in which the American public decides whether to support the use of military force. Contrary to the conventional view, the authors demonstrate that the public does not respond reflexively and solely t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Gelpi, Christopher,
Feaver, Peter D.,
Reifler, Jason,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 13 line illus. 48 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter One. Theories of American Attitudes Toward Warfare
  • Chapter Two. America's Tolerance For Casualties, 1950-2006
  • Chapter Three. Measuring Individual Attitudes Toward Military Conflict
  • Chapter Four. Experimental Evidence on Attitudes Toward Military Conflict
  • Chapter Five. Individual Attitudes Toward The Iraq War, 2003-2004
  • Chapter Six. Iraq the Vote: War and the Presidential Election of 2004
  • Chapter Seven. The Sources and Meaning of Success in Iraq
  • Chapter Eight. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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