GLOBAL OUTRAGE: THE IMPACT OF WORLD OPINION ON CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

the long version

Examines the origins and evolution of global public opinion and assesses its future role in national and international policy-making. Historian Stearns presents case studies of the function and effectiveness of world opinion over the last two centuries and looks at the role it has in changing both domestic and foreign policy. With an examination of the relationship between world opinion and Islam, as well as the protests against the 2003 Iraq war, Stearns also assesses the future possibilities of the role and function of world opinion.--From publisher description.