Introduction / Christoph Bertram -- Domestic consensus, security and the Western alliance / Kurt Biedenkopf -- Public opinion and the defence effort: trends and lessons The United States / Lawrence Kaagan Europe / Rudolf Wildenmann -- The media nad the making of defence policy: the US example / Joseph Fromm -- The media and the image of defence policy Europe / Lothar Ruehl Japan / Masashi Nishihara -- The management of defence expenditure / Sir Frank Cooper -- The critique of nuclear deterrence / Adam Roberts -- Domestic consensus and nuclear deterrence / Harold Brown -- Domestic concerns and nuclear doctrine: How should the nuclear posture be shaped? / Johan Jørgen Holst -- Domestic priorities and the demands of alliance An American perspective / David Calleo A European perspective / Dominique Moisi -- Deterrence, consensus and reassurance in the defence of Europe / Michael Howard -- Broadening the strategic focus: comments on Michael Howard's paper / Samuel P. Huntington
Analysis
Western world International security Influence of public opinion
Western world. International security. Influence of public opinion
Notes
"The papers ... were presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the International Institute of Strategic Studies in 1982"--Introd
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