Soldiers, Pollsters, and International Crises: Public Opinion and the Military's Advice on the Use of Force

Abstract When advising civilian leaders on the use of force, are nonelected officials swayed by public opinion? Scholars have long debated whether public preferences affect foreign policy, but most studies focus on elected politicians, overlooking the nonelected officials who formulate policies and...

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Main Author: Lin-Greenberg, Erik
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141300