Defining the American Public Opinion/Foreign Policy Nexus

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Everett C. Ladd, "Public public opinion and population report: Wise internationalism", American Enterprise, March 1993, pp. 95-103. It introduces the results of poll on US foreign policy during various wars in history. Americans support American humanitarian efforts in Somalia, even though they are concerned about the open-end promises. Evensen, Bruce J., "The Story of" Weakness ": The Struggle of the Truman Administration to Form the Palestinian Traditional Wisdom in the Early Cold War", Diplomatic History, Summer 1991, pp. 339 - 359. Historical discussions on the development of Palestinian policies by the Truman regime often reflect Zionism and individual attitudes toward the Israeli state of the Jews. A study of the role of public opinion in US policy towards Palestine before Israel was established

The way the public obtains information and forms its attitude is changing dramatically, which may change the relationship between opinion and foreign policy. The traditional approach clearly distinguishes the public perceptions of internal and external problems, but with a series of climaxes there is a possibility that at least in the operation of the US political system, the effective distinction between diplomacy and domestic policy will be lost There is. Every factor in the process of public opinion and foreign policy, such as information acquisition, attitude formation, media effect, influence of public opinion on policy, President's leadership seems to reflect the process seen at the national level.

Almond, Gabriel A., American people and foreign policy, Prager, 1960. This famous work, written in 1950 and recreated in 1960, explains public opinion as a secondary factor in the formation of foreign policy. Yale University, currently a political scientist at Stanford University, Amund believes that the general public is not basically interested and has no interest in diplomacy. He said that after the international event the government developed foreign policy by interacting with "policy and opinion elite" and so-called "public concern".