American support for U.S. military operations from Mogadishu to Baghdad
Describes American public opinion toward wars and other large military operations over the last decade.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica :
RAND
c2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423732706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
