It is often said that the Vietnam War taught us that the American public is no longer willing to tolerate American casualties in U.S. wars and military operatio

The support of the American public is widely held to be a critical prerequisite for undertaking military action abroad. This monograph describes American public

Huelfer examines the casualty issue in American military thought and practice during the years between the World Wars. He argues that Americans exhibited a dist

From the Korean War to the current conflict in Iraq, Paying the Human Costs of War examines the ways in which the American public decides whether to support the

Focusing on the embedded press system deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom, this book attempts to answer the following questions: How effective was the embed