Tables Foreword by Ole Holsti Preface Introduction 1. Public Opinion in American U.S. Foreign Policy 2. The Theory of Public Opinion and Foreign Policy 3. Cycles in American Foreign Policy Opinion The Vietnam Case: An End to Interventionism? 4. The Vietnam War: History, Policies, Opinion and Protest 5. Vietnam I: Public Opinion and Protest on Lyndon Johnson's War 6. Vietnam II: Public Opinion and Protest on Nixon's War The Nicaragua Case: The Contra Funding Controversy 7. Nicaragua: History, Reagan Policies and Public Opinion 8. Public Opinion's Influence on Contra Aid Policy The Gulf War Case: A Return to Invertentionism? 9. The Gulf War: History, Bush Policies and Public Opinion 10. Public Opinion's Influence on Gulf War Policy The Bosnia Case: From Nonintervention to Intervention 11. Bosnia: History, Policies and Opinion 12. Bosnia I: Public Opinion's Influence on Bush Nonintervention Policy 13. Bosnia II: Public Opinion's Influence on Clinton Intervention Policy Conclusion 14. Extending the Theory of Public Opinion in American Foreign Policy: Public Opinion as Intervention Constraint