American Public opinion and the making of U.S Foreign Policy Vis-à-vis War on Terror
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2018
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UNIVERSITY OF ABBES LAGHROUR-KHENCHELA
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This research aims to examine an arrange of theories regarding U.S Public Opinion and how it effect the American Foreign Policy making ,as well as other actors involved in this process ,and lookup for the manipulative tools taken by decision makers to gain support especially during War times.
The first chapter focuses on the formation of U.S foreign policy and the domestic impact with the involvement of other government units concerning the foreign decision-making process. The second chapter studies the history of public opinion and the American political culture and conducts the functions of media in the managing and transmission of the electoral process, also explores how the Public Opinion can be measured. finally, The last chapter examines the construction of Public Opinion concept and how in turn can it effect the making of U.S Foreign Policy in times of wars and change some of the leaders-decisions ,not forgetting to spot the lights of how can government mislead the public to serve their own agenda.