The war in Iraq is notable for the extraordinary number of public
opinion surveys and the almost unprecedented, multipronged efforts
of the Bush administration to generate public support for its
policies. After a brief history of both the domestic and
international politics preceding the war and of the war itself, Ole
R. Holsti explores the extent to which changes in public opinion
reflected the vigorous public relations efforts of the
administration to gain support for the war and the partisanship
marking debates over policies toward Iraq. Finding that the
public's disenchantment with U.S. foreign policy grew between 2003
and 2009, Holsti investigates the ways in which the Iraq experience
has led substantial numbers of Americans to reconsider their
nation's proper international role, the nature of threats to vital
national interests, the importance of various international goals
that the United States might pursue, and the circumstances that
would warrant the deployment of American forces into conflict
situations abroad. He assesses the impact that public opinion has
had on policymakers and places his findings in a broader context to
address the role of public opinion and of the media in democratic
governance. "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
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