Soldiering on: U.S. public opinion on the use of force.

Public attitude towards the role of the US in the international community has changed with the end of the Cold War. Where once the use of US military force was deemed inevitable, current public opinion sees force as the extreme solution to conflict and only as a means to provide humanitarian aid and provide assistance to allies under aggressive attack. Americans are more willing to support US military assistance when part of a multilateral effort.

CRISES IN BOSNIA AND IN SOMALIA HAVE RAISED ANEW A DEBATE THAT REACHES BACK to the first days of the American republic: under what cond