Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations viii
4. Tables ix
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Chapter One. Theories of American Attitudes Toward Warfare 1
7. Chapter Two. America’s Tolerance For Casualties, 1950–2006 23
8. Chapter Three. Measuring Individual Attitudes Toward Military Conflict 67
9. Chapter Four. Experimental Evidence on Attitudes Toward Military Conflict 98
10. Chapter Five. Individual Attitudes Toward The Iraq War, 2003–2004 125
11. Chapter Six. Iraq the Vote: War and the Presidential Election of 2004 167
12. Chapter Seven. The Sources and Meaning of Success in Iraq 188
13. Chapter Eight. Conclusion 236
14. Bibliography 265
15. Index 283