American support for U.S. military operations from Mogadishu to Baghdad [[electronic resource] /] / Eric V. Larson, Bogdan Savych

• Autore: Larson Eric V (Eric Victor), <1957->
• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, : RAND, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.4/773
• Soggetto topico: Intervention (International law) - Public opinion; War - Public opinion; Public opinion - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations 1989- Public opinion; United States Military policy Public opinion; United States History, Military
• Altri autori: SavychBogdan
• Note generali: "MG-231."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-248).
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Preface; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Chapter One - Introduction; Background; Approach; A Note on the Importance of Question Wording; Organization of This Report; Chapter Two - Understanding Support for Military Operations; A Simple Model of the Public's Ends-Means Calculus; A Simple Social Process Model; Chapter Conclusions; Chapter Three - Past as Prologue: Mogadishu to Kosovo; Endgame in Somalia; Haiti; Bosnia; A Note on Sensitivity of Support to Question Wording; Kosovo; Key Lessons From the Peace Operations of the 1990's; Chapter Conclusions ; Chapter Four - 9/11 and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan Support in the Aftermath of the Attacks; Sources and Fault Lines in Support; Support for Military Action Elsewhere; Chapter Conclusions; Chapter Five - Operation Iraqi Freedom; Background; Attitudes Since the First Gulf War; Attitudes in the Run-Up To War; Attitudes During the War; Attitudes Since the End of Major Combat Operations; Sources and Fault Lines in Support; Chapter Conclusions; Chapter Six - Main Findings and Implications; Main Findings; Implications for the Army; Implications for National Leaders ; Appendix - Casualties and Consensus, Revisited Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: Describes American public opinion toward wars and other large military operations over the last decade.
• Titolo autorizzato: American support for U.S. military operations from Mogadishu to Baghdad
• ISBN: 0-8330-4063-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910219986603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II