The War over Iraq
Selling War to the American Public
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6122288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jon Western (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 106-139 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Security Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0963-6412 • E-ISSN: 1556-1852 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09636410591002518 |
| OpenAlex | W2092816576 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
How, in the absence of any link between Iraq and the events of September 11, 2001, was the Bush administration able to go to war against Iraq with widespread political support? Well before the terrorist attacks of September 11, the public was concerned about terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and Iraq. In the immediate months after the attacks, the public was supportive, at least hypothetically, of military action to remove Saddam Hussein from power. Nonetheless, the Bush administration concluded that such support would be difficult to sustain without an aggressive domestic mobilization campaign. This article examines the influence of four critical factors that enabled the administration to frame the case for war in Iraq: (1) executive-branch information and propaganda advantages, (2) executive cohesion, (3) oppositional fragmentation, and (4) the nature and history of the Iraqi regime
Economic history · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Spanish Civil War · Vietnam War · Law · Military and Defense Studies · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
How Civilian Control May Breed the Use of Force
The drone warfare. Fact-checking, fake-pictures and necropolitics
The UK National Security Council and misuse of intelligence by policy makers
Selling War and Peace
Rhetoric and Recollection
Foreign and Defence Policy on Australia's Political Agenda, 1962–2012
Tracing and understanding “bad” norm dynamics in counterterrorism
Broadening the Debate about War
Filling the Void of Meaning
The Perfect Intelligence Failure? U.S. Pre‐War Intelligence on Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction
Appointing evil in international relations
Between freedom and fear
Blair's War on Terror
Prospecting for War
How was Howard's war possible? Winning the war of position over Iraq
Before the vote
How Smart and Tough are Democracies? Reassessing Theories of Democratic Victory in War
Presidential Leadership on Foreign Policy, Opinion Polling, and the Possible Limits of “Crafted Talk
The legacy of the Iraq War in U.S. politics
On Time in Just War Theory
The Realist Tradition in American Public Opinion
Aiming at Doves
Howard's War on Terror
| Citations per year | 1.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |