Understanding Attitudes About War: Modeling Moral Judgements (Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies)

This study, by three scholars, explores the attitudes of US decision makers and opinion leaders toward war and offers a theoretical framework, based on empirical evidence, that suggests the ways people reach their positions on such issues. Their work rests on statistical procedures rather than the case studies and narratives that have predominated past research on the subject; and their hope is to encourage such research by others. Paper edition (5585-7), $19.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.