Casualties, Polls, and the Iraq War

Casualties: narrative and images of the war on Iraq.

The Iraqi people have endured an excess burden of morbidity and mortality during the past 15 years due to war and sanctions, with the March 2003 Anglo-American assault on and subsequent occupation of Iraq representing the most recent chapter. Children have been disproportionately affected; many have died from infectious disease, malnutrition, and lack of access to health care. There have been s...

The war in Iraq: civilian casualties, political responsibilities.

Acute military psychiatric casualties from the war in Iraq.

BACKGROUND The view that most military personnel evacuated from war zones are suffering from combat stress reactions, or are otherwise traumatised by the horrors of war, has an impact on all aspects of military psychiatry. AIMS To delineate the reasons for psychiatric aeromedical evacuation from Iraq from the start of build-up of UK forces in January 2003 until the end of October that year, 6...

The Polls—review Public Opinionresearch and Support for the Iraq War Adamj.berinsky Jamesn.druckman

Professors Peter Feaver, Christopher Gelpi, and Jason Reifler’s theory of the determinants of public support for war has received a great deal of attention among academics, journalists, and policymakers. They argue that support for war hinges on initial support for military action and the belief in the success of the war. In this review, we take a critical and constructive view of their work, f...

The Electoral Cost of War: Iraq Casualties and the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election

Many contend that President Bush’s reelection and increased vote share in 2004 prove that the Iraq War was either electorally irrelevant or aided him. We present contrary evidence. Focusing on the change in Bush’s 2004 showing compared to 2000, we discover that Iraq casualties from a state significantly depressed the President’s vote share there. We infer that were it not for the approximately ...