Policy and Opinion in the Gulf War

Name: Policy and Opinion in the Gulf War
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ISBN: 9780226545653

ISBN-10: 0226545652

ISBN-13: 9780226545653

Edition: 1994 (Reprint)

Authors: John Mueller

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The Persian Gulf crisis may well have been the most extensively polled episode in U.S. history as President Bush, his opponents, and even Saddam Hussein appealed to, and tried to influence, public opinion. As well documented as this phenomenon was, it remains largely unexplained. John Mueller provides an account of the complex relationship between American policy and public opinion during the Gulf crisis. Mueller analyzes key issues: the actual shallowness of public support for war; the effect of public opinion on the media (rather than the other way around); the use and misuse of polls by policy makers; the American popular focus on Hussein's ouster as a central purpose of the War; and…

Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/15/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 398
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



List of Figures


Preface



A Perspective on Public Opinion



The Approach to War: Data



The Approach to War: Conclusions and Comparisons



War



The War's Aftermath



Electoral Consequences of the War



Policy and Opinion in the Gulf War



The War in Retrospect: Policy Debates



The Decline of the War as a Memorable Event


List of Tables


Note on Conventions


Used in Tables


The Tables


Notes


References


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