Format:
1 online resource (xxvii, 380 pages)
ISBN:
9781315770734
,
9781317673262
,
9781317673279
Series Statement:
Contemporary security studies
Content:
1. Introduction: Shaping societies for war : strategic narratives and public opinion / Beatrice de Graaf, George Dimitriu, and Jens Ringsmose -- 2. The possibilities and limits of strategic narratives / Lawrence Freedman -- 3. Searching for El Dorado : the legendary golden narrative of the Afghanistan War / David Betz -- 4. Great power politics and strategic narratives of war / Alister Miskimmon, Ben O'Loughlin, and Laura Roselle -- 5. The war in Afghanistan : Australia's strategic narratives / William Maley -- 6. Elite consensus and ineffective strategic narratives : the domestic politics behind Canada's commitment to Afghanistan / Justin Massie -- 7. Czech strategic narrative on Afghanistan : ideological reactiveness and domestic political contestation / Nik Hynek -- 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 / Peter V. Jakobsen & Jens Ringsmose -- 9. French strategic narratives, public opinion and the war in Afghanistan / Ronald Hatto -- 10. "War-like circumstances" : Germany's unforeseen combat mission in Afghanistan and its strategic narratives / Robin Schroeder and Martin Zapfe -- 11. Hungary in Afghanistan : a default narrative for a particularly prudent public / Peter Marton and Peter Wagner -- 12. The winter of our consent? Framing Italy's "peace mission" in Afghanistan / Fabrizio Coticchia and Carolina De Simone -- 13. "Fighting" versus "reconstructing" : framing the Dutch mission in Afghanistan / George Dimitriu and Beatrice de Graaf -- 14. Poland's strategic narrative on Afghanistan : getting the best of both worlds / Beata Gorka-Winter -- 15. A catch-all strategic narrative : target audiences and Swedish troop contribution to ISAF in Afghanistan / Erik Noreen & Jan Angstrom -- 16. Communicating Afghanistan : strategic narratives and the case of UK public opinion / Rikke Bjerg Jensen -- 17. The longest war story : elite rhetoric, news coverage, and the US war in Afghanistan / Tim Groeling and Matthew A. Baum -- 18. Conclusion: How to operate strategic narratives : interweaving war, politics and the public / Beatrice de Graaf, George Dimitriu, and Jens Ringsmose.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138780422
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138221840
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781138780422
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315770734
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