Endgame for the West in Afghanistan? Explaining the Decline in Support for the War in Afghanistan in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, France and Germany

Abstract

Domestic support for the war is often mentioned as one of the key battlegrounds of the Afghan conflict. A variety of explanations have been put forward in the media and in the political realm to explain why this war, which once commanded overwhelming popular support in almost all participating countries, is now opposed by a majority, even in the United States itself. Casualties, lack of equitable multilateral burden sharing, confused and shifting rationales on the part of the political leadership for the war and a "contagion" effect from the unpopularity of the Iraq war have all been cited at one time or another.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA522833

Entities

People

  • Charles A. Miller

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Civil War
  • Geography
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Iraqi-War
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • North America
  • Sociopolitics
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • History
  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.