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Selling Intervention and War
Jon Western
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Description for Selling Intervention and War
Paperback. foreign policy, international security, the military and foreign policy, and international conflict. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPV; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801881091
SKU
V9780801881091
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About Jon Western
Jon Western is Five College Assistant Professor of International Relations at Mount Holyoke College. He has also been on staff at the United States Institute of Peace.
Reviews for Selling Intervention and War
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. ... Read more