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In Time of War

Adam J. Berinsky
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      From World War II to the war in Iraq, periods of international conflict seem like unique moments in U.S. political history - but when it comes to public opinion, they are not. To make this ground breaking revelation, In "Time of War" explodes conventional wisdom about American reactions to World War II, as well as the more recent conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Adam J. Berinsky argues that public response to these crises has been shaped less by their defining characteristics - such as what they cost in lives and resources - than by the same political interests and group affiliations that influence our ideas about domestic issues. With the help of World War II - era survey data that had gone virtually untouched for the past sixty years, Berinsky begins by disproving the myth of "the good war" that Americans all fell in line to support after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The attack, he reveals, did not significantly alter public opinion but merely punctuated interventionist sentiment that had already risen in response to the ways that political leaders at home had framed the fighting abroad.Weaving his findings into the first general theory of the factors that shape American wartime opinion, Berinsky also sheds new light on our reactions to other crises. He shows, for example, that our attitudes toward restricted civil liberties during Vietnam and after 9/11 stemmed from the same kinds of judgments we make during times of peace. With Iraq and Afghanistan now competing for attention with urgent issues within the United States, "In Time of War" offers a timely reminder of the full extent to which foreign and domestic politics profoundly influence - and ultimately illuminate - each other.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Adam J. Berinsky EAN: 9780226043593 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The University of Chicago Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2009-10-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, c 1940 to c 1949, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, International relations, Public opinion and polls, Modern warfare, Specific wars and campaigns, Second World War, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts

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      Adam J. Berinsky is associate professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
      From World War II to the war in Iraq, periods of international conflict seem like unique moments in U.S. political history - but when it comes to public opinion, they are not. To make this ground breaking revelation, In "Time of War" explodes conventional wisdom about American reactions to World War II, as well as the more recent conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Adam J. Berinsky argues that public response to these crises has been shaped less by their defining characteristics - such as what they cost in lives and resources - than by the same political interests and group affiliations that influence our ideas about domestic issues. With the help of World War II - era survey data that had gone virtually untouched for the past sixty years, Berinsky begins by disproving the myth of "the good war" that Americans all fell in line to support after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The attack, he reveals, did not significantly alter public opinion but merely punctuated interventionist sentiment that had already risen in response to the ways that political leaders at home had framed the fighting abroad.Weaving his findings into the first general theory of the factors that shape American wartime opinion, Berinsky also sheds new light on our reactions to other crises. He shows, for example, that our attitudes toward restricted civil liberties during Vietnam and after 9/11 stemmed from the same kinds of judgments we make during times of peace. With Iraq and Afghanistan now competing for attention with urgent issues within the United States, "In Time of War" offers a timely reminder of the full extent to which foreign and domestic politics profoundly influence - and ultimately illuminate - each other.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Adam J. Berinsky EAN: 9780226043593 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The University of Chicago Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2009-10-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, c 1940 to c 1949, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, International relations, Public opinion and polls, Modern warfare, Specific wars and campaigns, Second World War, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts

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      Adam J. Berinsky is associate professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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