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Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Democracy and War -- 2. Two Opposing Views -- 3. A Recent Example and the Need to Ask New Questions -- 4. Theory Formation and Empirical Knowledge -- 5. The Software of Defence Conversion - a Paradigm Shift? -- 6. Support for War: the Gulf War, 1990-91 -- 7. Innocence Lost: the Yugoslav Conflict -- 8. `War without Bloodshed': the Conflict over Kosovo -- 9. The Casualties Hypothesis -- 10. Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book explores the intersection of the study of transatlantic relationships and the study of public support for the use of force in foreign policy. It contributes to two important debates: one about the nature of transatlantic partnership, and another about the determinants of support for the use of military force in a comparative perspective.