American Public Opinion on NATO, Extended Deterrence, and Use of Nuclear Weapons: Future Fission?

Abstract

This volume, a comprehensive review of forty years of public opinion data, shows Americans do not support initiating use of nuclear weapons to defend allies in Western Europe, but they strongly support NATO, internationalist policies, and the defense of Western Europe. Since the advent of standardized public opinion polling in the mid-1930s, a large academic literature has been produced on public attitudes and American foreign policy.