Abstract
This paper investigates fatality sensitivity of public opinion in coalition countries that participate in war efforts but are not a leading force. The analysis is based on opinion polls measuring public attitudes towards the involvement in the Iraq war of three countries: the United Kingdom, Poland and Australia. Overall, the data does not provide a clear evidence of sensitivity to soldier deaths, which were relatively infrequent, but the war opposition appears to increase in response to terrorism in Iraq. News of success has a power to reduce war opposition, while scandals are costly in terms of public support.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 90-118 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Journal | Central European Journal of International and Security Studies |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 28 Mar 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Article is distributed under Open Access licence: Attribution – NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (cc by-nc 3.0)Keywords
- Iraq war
- war coalition members
- fatality sensitivity
- wartime public opinion
