Going to War in Iraq: When Citizens and the Press Matter

by Stanley Feldman, Leonie Huddy, George E. Marcus

Book Overview

Conventional wisdom holds that the Bush administration was able to convince the American public to support a war in Iraq on the basis of specious claims and a shifting rationale because Democratic politicians decided not to voice opposition and the press simply failed to do its job.
Drawing on the most comprehensive survey of public reactions to the war, Stanley Feldman, Leonie Huddy, and George E. Marcus revisit this critical period and come...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022630423X
• ISBN13: 9780226304236
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"