Paying the human costs of war : American public opinion and casualties in military conflicts

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Paying the human costs of war : American public opinion and casualties in military conflicts

Title remainder

American public opinion and casualties in military conflicts

Statement of responsibility

Christopher Gelpi, Peter D. Feaver, Jason Reifler

Creator

• Gelpi, Christopher, 1966-

Contributor

• Feaver, Peter
• Reifler, Jason Aaron, 1972-

Subject

• Gefallener
• 2003-2011
• War casualties -- United States -- Public opinion
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Public opinion
• Public opinion -- United States
• Öffentliche Meinung
• Electronic books
• Iraq War (2003-2011)
• United States -- Military policy | Public opinion
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | National
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference
• United States
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays
• Military policy -- Public opinion
• Krieg
• Public opinion
• USA
• Iraq
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | General
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
• War and society
• War and society -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

"From the Korean War to the current conflict in Iraq, Paying the Human Costs of War examines the ways in which the American public decides whether to support the use of military force. Contrary to the conventional view, the authors demonstrate that the public does not respond reflexively and solely to the number of casualties in a conflict. Instead, the book argues that the public makes reasoned and reasonable cost-benefit calculations for their continued support of a war based on the justifications for it and the likelihood it will succeed, along with the costs that have been suffered in casualties. Of these factors, the book finds that the most important consideration for the public is the expectation of success. If the public believes that a mission will succeed, the public will support it even if the costs are high. When the public does not expect the mission to succeed, even small costs will cause the withdrawal of support"--Provided by publisher

Member of

• EBSCO eBook Public Library Collection-North America
• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Action

digitized

Cataloging source

OCLCE

Dewey number

320

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

UA23

LC item number

.G535 2009eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography