Exploring Military Noncombat Operations
Abstract
This research explored the relationship between the factors of public support for military noncombat
operations and for combat operations. Three experiments each assessed how the specifics
of a situation, individual belief sets, and their combination influenced public support for the policy
options. The research found the factors influential on public support for noncombat and combat
were essentially the same, but a preference for noncombat existed after taking personal belief sets
into account. Additionally, characteristics of the situation mattered. Instrumental situation and
personal belief set elements were the most influential, but situation elements considered normatively
infinitely valuable, such as human lives, retained direct influence on public support even
after accounting for personal value sets.
Subject
Militarynoncombat
non-combat
combat
operations
humanitarian
foreign policy
foreign aid
assistance
public opinion
survey
experiment
poll
survey experiment
Citation
Turner, Jeremey David (2018). Exploring Military Noncombat Operations. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A & M University. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /174077.