9. CONCLUSIONS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FIGURES ix
4. TABLES xii
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
6. 1. INTRODUCTION: AMERICA AT WAR 1
7. PART I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
8. 2. PUBLIC OPINION AND WAR: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 13
9. 3. THE MYTHS AND MEANING OF PUBLIC OPINION AND WORLD WAR II 33
10. PART II. THE STRUCTURE OF SUPPORT FOR WAR
11. 4. THE CALCULATION OF COSTS: AN INNOCENT PUBLIC 61
12. 5. PARTISAN STRUCTURE OF WAR SUPPORT: EVENTS, ELITES, AND THE PUBLIC 85
13. 6. ETHNIC GROUPS: ATTACHMENTS, ENMITIES, AND SUPPORT FOR WAR 127
14. PART III. PUBLIC OPINION AND WAR: BACK TO THE WATER'S EDGE
15. 7. CIVIL LIBERTIES AND WAR 155
16. 8. ELECTIONS DURING WARTIME 178
17. 9. CONCLUSIONS 207
18. APPENDIX A. DESCRIPTION OF DATA AND WEIGHTING 222
19. APPENDIX B. IRAQ WAR CASUALTY SURVEY ANALYSIS 229
20. APPENDIX C: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD CONTENT ANALYSIS 234
21. APPENDIX D. STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ETHNIC VARIABLES 246
22. APPENDIX E. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUPPORT FOR WAR AND SUPPORT FOR RESTRICTING CIVIL LIBERTIES 251
23. APPENDIX F. NES ANALYSIS OF RETROSPECTIVE WAR SUPPORT 256
24. NOTES 265
25. REFERENCES 309
26. INDEX 327