{"product_id":"doves-into-hawks-sarah-maxey-9780197832691","title":"Doves Into Hawks: Talking about Saving Strangers to Build Public Support for War","description":"Going to war is dangerous, costly, and questionable in its effectiveness. Yet majorities of the US public consistently support military interventions--a phenomenon that has generally been attributed to the mobilizing power of threats to US security. In fact, to justify every US military intervention in the post-Cold War era, presidents have cited not just national security, but also protecting foreign civilians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoves into Hawks\u003c\/em\u003e shows that protecting US interests is not enough to make war popular. Military interventions must also appear to have a humanitarian dimension. By emphasizing this dimension, presidents give traditional \"doves\" a reason to become temporary \"hawks,\" creating a broad domestic coalition of support for military action. In turn, this coalition holds leaders accountable for achieving both humanitarian and security outcomes. Combining analysis of original data on presidential justifications for military force with survey experiments and archival research of the Gulf War and US action in Bosnia, Sarah Maxey reshapes our understanding of how, with the right words, leaders persuade skeptics to approve of military action and the unexpected ways this tactic can be good for democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Maxey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197832695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197832691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Sarah Maxey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659676922111,"sku":"9780197832691","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/doves-into-hawks-sarah-maxey-9780197832691","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}