Though often overlooked, public opinion has always played a significant role in the development and promotion of US foreign policy and this work seeks to assess the impact and nature of that opinion more effectively through a collection of historical and contemporary essays.

1. Introduction Andrew Johnstone and Helen Laville Section 1: The Public and War 2. From Coast Defence to Embalmed Beef: The Influence of the Press and Public Opinion on McKinley's Policymaking during the Spanish-American War Joseph Smith 3.To Mobilize a Nation: Citizens Organizations and Intervention and on the Eve of WWII Andrew Johnstone 4. Power to the People? American Public Opinion and the Vietnam War Andrew Priest Section 2: Public Interests and Ideology 5. Organized Labor and the Social Foundations of American Diplomacy, 1898-1920 Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones 6. Religion and World Order at the Dawn of the American Century Andrew Preston 7. Gender Apartheid? American Women and Women's Rights in American Foreign Policy Helen Laville Section 3: Interests and Ethnicity 8. African Americans and US Foreign Policy: The American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa and the Rhodesian Crisis Carl P. Watts 9. The American Public and the US-Israeli "Special" Relationship Elizabeth Stephens 10. The Cuban Lobby and US Policy toward Cuba Jessica Gibbs Section 4: The Public and the War on Terror 11. Neoconservatism and the American Public: Was 9/11 a Hegemonic Moment? Maria Ryan 12. "You Don't Launch a Marketing Campaign in August": The Bush Administration and the Public Before and After the Iraq Invasion Scott Lucas