02572    a2200421   4500001001100000005001700011008004100028020001800069037003600087040000700123041000800130072001400138072001500152072001600167072001600183072001500199072001200214072001300226072001400239072001400253072001300267072002100280072002100301072002100322072002100343072002100364072002100385072002000406100002200426245009400448250000600542260003200548300001000580520149600590700002502086700002402111999001502135113822184820250317100417.0250312042016GB        25           eng    a9781138221840  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 41.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJW2thema7 aJPS2thema7 aJPWC2thema7 aJPWS2thema7 aGTC2thema7 aJW2bic7 aJPS2bic7 aJPVL2bic7 aJPWS2bic7 aGTC2bic7 aPOL0110002bisac7 aPOL0120002bisac7 aHIS0270602bisac7 aHIS0270002bisac7 aHIS0500002bisac7 aPOL0350002bisac7 a958.10472bisac1 aBeatrice De Graaf10aStrategic Narratives, Public Opinion and WarbWinning domestic support for the Afghan War  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20160824  a380 p  bThis 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, strategic narratives provide a grid for interpreting the why , what and how of the conflict. This book asks how public support for the deployment of military troops to Afghanistan was garnered, sustained or lost in thirteen contributing nations. Public attitudes in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe towards the use of military force were greatly shaped by the cohesiveness and content of the strategic narratives employed by national policy-makers. Assessing the ability of countries to craft a successful strategic narrative, the book addresses the following key areas: 1) how governments employ strategic narratives to gain public support; 2) how strategic narratives develop during the course of the conflict; 3) how these narratives are disseminated, framed and perceived through various media outlets; 4) how domestic audiences respond to strategic narratives; 5) how this interplay is conditioned by both events on the ground , in Afghanistan, and by structural elements of the domestic political systems. This book will be of much interest to students of international intervention, foreign policy, political communication, international security, strategic studies and IR in general.1 aGeorge Dimitriu4B011 aJens Ringsmose4B01  c3019d3019