The US public and American foreign policy / / edited by Andrew Johnstone and Helen Laville

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791349003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-136-95420-1; 1-136-95421-X; 1-282-62915-8; 9786612629150; 0-203-84927-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy
• Altri autori (Persone): JohnstoneAndrew (Andrew E.); LavilleHelen
• Disciplina: 327.73
• Soggetti: Public opinion - United States; United States Foreign relations Public opinion
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Section One: The public and war; 2 From coast defense to embalmed beef: The in.uence of the press and public opinion on McKinley's policymaking during the Spanish-American war; 3 To mobilize a nation: Citizens' organizations and intervention on the eve of World War II; 4 Power to the people? American public opinion and the Vietnam war; Section Two: Public interests and ideology; 5 Organized labor and the social foundations of American diplomacy, 1898-1920; 6 Religion and world order at the dawn of the American century7 Gender apartheid? American women and women's rights in American foreign policy; Section Three: Interests and ethnicity; 8 African Americans and US foreign policy: The American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa and the Rhodesian crisis; 9 The American public and the US-Israeli "special" relationship; 10 The Cuban lobby and US policy toward Cuba; Section Four: The public and the war on terror; 11 Neoconservatism and the American public: Was 9/11 a hegemonic ; moment?; 12 "You don't launch a marketing campaign in August": The Bush Administration and the public before and after the Iraq invasionBibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Though often overlooked, public opinion has always played a significant role in the development and promotion of US foreign policy and this work seeks to comprehensively assess the impact and nature of that opinion through a collection of historical and contemporary essays.The volume evaluates the role of organizations and movements that look to represent public opinion, and assesses the nature of their relationship with the government. The contributors utilize a number of different approaches to examine this impact, including polling data, assessments of the role of the media, and t