published by
Routledge, March 2001

Articles by a transatlantic group of thirteen experts analyze and compare public attitudes over the use of force by the international community, covering publics in Germany, France, Italy, the USA, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Israel.

Contents:

1. Introduction Philip Everts

Part I. Determinants and Correlates of Support for the Use of Force

2. The Impact of Basic Motivation on Foreign Policy Opinions Concerning the
Use of Force: a Three Dimensional Framework William O. Chittick and
Annette Freyberg-Inan

3. German Public Opinion and the Use of Force in the Early Nineties Zoltan
Juhasz

4. Italian Public Opinion and the International Use of Force Pierangelo Isernia

5. Risky Missions: Dutch Policy Opinion on Peacekeeping in the Balkans
Jan van der Meulen and Marijke de Konink

Part II. Public Opinion and Policy-Making on the Use of Force

6. Ireland: Neutrality and the International Use of Force Karin Gilland

7. Moving Away from War: Israelis' Security Beliefs in the Post-Oslo Era
Tamar Hermann

8. The French and the Use of Force: Public Perceptions and their Impact on
the Policy-Making Process Natalie La Balme

9. The Myth of the Reactive Public: American Public Attitudes on Military
Fatalities in the Post-Cold War Period Steven Kull and Clay Ramsay

10. War Without Bloodshed? Public Opinion and the Conflict over Kosovo
Philip Everts

11. Conclusions Pierangelo Isernia