nmm 22 4500 ICPSR07491 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130519s1984 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR07491 MiAaI MiAaI Foreign Affairs Perspectives of United States Business and Military Elites, 1973 [electronic resource] Bruce M. Russett , Elizabeth C. Hanson 2006-01-18 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1984 ICPSR 7491 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-19. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. This study explored perspectives and sources of opinions about United States foreign policy among American business and military elites. The data collection includes information obtained from surveys of military and business elites, as well as content analysis of articles on American intervention abroad published in business and military journals. Military officers (Part 1) and senior business executives (Part 2) were asked about causes of war, prospects for peace, the most serious domestic and international problems faced by the United States, and possible solutions to these problems. Respondents' views on military and economic aid, defense spending, maintaining troops overseas, and the presence of ground troops in Vietnam were also assessed. Of the survey variables, 62 are common to the military and business officials. A limited number of separate questions were also asked of each individual group. Part 3 contains variables coded from content analysis of articles published in military and business journals, focusing on the authors' attitudes toward various acts of political, diplomatic, or military intervention as well as economic sanctions. Also explored were the apparent reasons for such attitudes, whether economic, strategic, or ideological. The study sought to identify patterns of media responses that might account for the formation of, or changes in, opinions among business or military circles. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07491.v1 foreign affairs icpsr foreign aid icpsr foreign policy icpsr international conflict icpsr international relations icpsr intervention icpsr media coverage icpsr military intervention icpsr military officers icpsr military operations icpsr military strategies icpsr peace icpsr political attitudes icpsr social conflict icpsr Vietnam War icpsr war icpsr armed forces icpsr business elites icpsr Cold War icpsr communist threat icpsr defense policy icpsr domestic policy icpsr economic aid icpsr ICPSR VI.A. Elites and Leadership, United States IDRC VII. Public Opinion Data IDRC I. Conflict Data Russett, Bruce M. Hanson, Elizabeth C. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 7491 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07491.v1