Selling Intervention and War

The Presidency, the Media, and the American Public

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

AvJon Western,Mount Holyoke College) Western, Jon (Five College Assistant Professor of International Relations

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Selling Intervention and War examines the competition among foreign policy elites in the executive branch and Congress in winning the hearts and minds of the American public for military intervention. The book studies how the president and his supporters organize campaigns for public support for military action. According to Jon Western, the outcome depends upon information and propaganda advantages, media support or opposition, the degree of cohesion within the executive branch, and the duration of the crisis. Also important is whether the American public believes that military threat is credible and victory plausible. Not all such campaigns to win public support are successful; in some instances, foreign policy elites and the president and his advisors have to back off. Western uses several modern conflicts, including the current one in Iraq, as case studies to illustrate the methods involved in selling intervention and war to the American public: the decision not to intervene in French Indochina in 1954, the choice to go into Lebanon in 1958, and the more recent military actions in Grenada, Somalia, Bosnia, and Iraq.Selling Intervention and War is essential reading for scholars and students of U.S. foreign policy, international security, the military and foreign policy, and international conflict.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2005-08-02
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt431 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN9780801881091

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Historians and political scientists will find value in this book. Choice 2006 In a series of five fascinating case studies, Jon Western develops a complex model of the power plays and tussle for real-world effect amongst Washington's foreign policy elites. Media International Australia 2006 Western's book is especially timely because the era of active interventionism sponsored by the George W. Bush administration may continue beyond the presidential election of 2008. -- Doris A. Graber International History Review 2006 Western has done an excellent job on an important topic and his book is worth reading for any scholar studying the war, news, and public opinion connection. Students, in particular, will find this book extremely useful. Political Communication