I'm really pleased to present my book chapter: “The winter of our consent? Framing Italy’s ‘peace mission’ in Afghanistan”, (Fabrizio Coticchia and Carolina De Simone) in “Strategic Narratives, Public Opinion, and War. Winning domestic support for the Afghan war”, Beatrice de Graaf, George Dimitriu and Jens Ringsome (eds.), New York: Routledge, 2015, pp.219-240.
If you are interested in strategic narratives, public opinion and war you should have a look at the book.
Here the link to the web presentation of the book.
Here the details regarding the contents.
Here below some reviews:
'This volume is a must-read to understand 21st century conflict. In today's supercharged world of social networks, instantaneous communications, and suddenly constructed narratives, national leaders must bring their publics along. The long, difficult, and still unfinished NATO campaign in Afghanistan offers many lessons -- both good and bad – for how to approach to aspect of creating security in a highly complex world.' -- Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander at NATO 2009-13 and Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA
'How do Western governments persuade their publics of the necessity for fighting "wars of choice"? This fascinating volume explores the importance and effectiveness of different national strategic narratives for the war in Afghanistan and, in so doing, explains why some Western states were more successful than others in sustaining public support for this long and costly war.' -- Theo Farrell, King's College London, UK
