Strategic narratives, public opinion and war : winning domestic support for the Afghan War / edited by Beatrice De Graaf, George Dimitriu and Jens Ringsmose.
"This volume explores the way governments endeavoured to build and maintain public support for the war in Afghanistan, combining new insights on the effects of strategic narratives with an exhaustive series of case studies. In contemporary wars, with public opinion impacting heavily on outcomes...
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
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2015.
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| Series: | Contemporary security studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Preface: framing the war in Afghanistan: an introductory note; Part I Introduction; 1 Introduction: shaping societies for war: strategic narratives and public opinion; Part II Theoretical part; 2 The possibilities and limits of strategic narratives; 3 Searching for El Dorado: the legendary golden narrative of the Afghanistan War; 4 Great power politics and strategic narratives of war; Part III Case studies; 5 The war in Afghanistan: Australia's strategic narratives.
- 6 Elite consensus and ineffective strategic narratives: the domestic politics behind Canada's commitment to Afghanistan7 Czech strategic narrative on Afghanistan: ideological reactiveness and domestic political contestation; 8 "For our own security and for the sake of the Afghans": how the Danish public was persuaded to support an unprecedented costly military endeavour in Afghanistan; 9 French strategic narratives, public opinion, and the war in Afghanistan; 10 "War-like circumstances": Germany's unforeseen combat mission in Afghanistan and its strategic narratives.
- 11 Hungary in Afghanistan: a default narrative for a particularly prudent public12 The winter of our consent? Framing Italy's "peace mission" in Afghanistan; 13 "Fighting" versus "reconstructing": framing the Dutch mission in Afghanistan; 14 Poland's strategic narrative on Afghanistan: getting the best of both worlds; 15 A catch-all strategic narrative: target audiences and Swedish troop contribution to ISAF in Afghanistan; 16 Communicating Afghanistan: strategic narratives and the case of UK public opinion.
- 17 The longest war story: elite rhetoric, news coverage, and the US war in AfghanistanPart IV Conclusion; 18 Conclusion: how to operate strategic narratives: interweaving war, politics and the public; Index.