Download or read book Counting the Public In written by Douglas C. Foyle and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1999-07-06 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines the public's influence on foreign policy through case studies including the Formosa Straits crisis; intervention at Dien Bien Phu; the Sputnik launch; the New Look defense strategy; the Panama Canal Treaties; the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; the Strategic Defense Initiative; the Beirut Marine barracks bombing; German reunification; the Gulf War; and intervention in Somalia and Bosnia.