"A substantial contribution to understanding the role of public
opinion and the news media during the Iraq War. Equally impressive,
it effectively puts the domestic context of U.S. policy in
historical perspective, making the book useful to historians as
well as to political scientists."
---Ralph B. Levering, Davidson College
""American Public Opinion on the Iraq War" sets out to chart
against a detailed account of the war a nuanced assessment of how
public opinion on the conflict evolved, the partisan differences
that emerged, how the issue affected other areas of foreign policy
opinion, and the limits of public opinion on policy. It succeeds at
all of this, and it does so in a manner that is at once
informative, inherently interesting, and exceptionally easy to
read."
---Randolph M. Siverson, University of California, Davis
Ole R. Holsti explores the extent to which changes in public
opinion reflected the vigorous public relations efforts of the Bush
administration to gain support for the war and the partisanship
marking debates over policies toward Iraq. Holsti investigates the
ways in which the Iraq experience has led substantial numbers of
Americans to reconsider their nation's proper international role,
and he assesses the impact that public opinion has had on
policymakers. Significantly, Holsti places his findings in a
broader context to address the role of public opinion and of the
media in democratic governance.
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