The impact of public opinion on U.S. foreign policy since Vietnam : constraining the colossus /
Richard Sobel.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- xii, 276 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-267) and index.
Public opinion in American foreign policy -- Theory of public opinion and foreign policy -- Cycles in American foreign policy opinion -- Vietnam War : history, policies, public opinion, and protest -- Vietnam I : public opinion and protest's influence on Lyndon Jonhson's war -- Vietnam II : public opinion and protest's influence on Nixon's war -- Nicaragua : history, Reagan policies, and public opinion -- Public opinion's influence on contra aid policy -- Gulf War : history, Bush policies, and public opinion -- Public opinion's influence on Gulf War policy Bosnia : history, policies, and public opinion -- Bosnia I : public opinion's influence on Bush's nonintervention policy -- Bosnia II : public opinion's influence on Clinton's intervention policy -- Extending the theory of public opinion in American foreign policy : public opinion as intervention constraint.