3. The Hawk’s Advantage: How Foreign Policy Issues Shape Leaders’ Personal Images

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction: How Does Public Opinion Shape Foreign Policy? 1
5. 1. What Is the Commander-in-Chief Test and Why Does It Matter?: How the Politics of Image-Making Shape US Foreign Policy 11
6. 2. Personal Images, Policy Preferences, and Presidential Voting: Evidence from Surveys and Experiments 26
7. 3. The Hawk’s Advantage: How Foreign Policy Issues Shape Leaders’ Personal Images 46
8. 4. Peace through Strength: John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and the Politics of Defense Spending 62
9. 5. Campaigning in a Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Politics of the Vietnam War 87
10. 6. Staying the Course: How George W. Bush Turned an Unpopular War into a Political Asset 109
11. 7. Image-Making in an Age of Endless Wars: The Politics of Military Intervention in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya 127
12. Conclusion: Rethinking the Relationship between Public Opinion and Foreign Policy 146
13. Appendixes 157
14. Notes 173
15. References 197
16. Index 213