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The Effects Of Military Budget On American Perception, Charlie Hollis Whittington
The Effects Of Military Budget On American Perception, Charlie Hollis Whittington
Bridges: A Journal of Student Research
How do Americans' perception of a state formulate based on the state's military expenditure? Conventional research theories indicate that Americans might feel a shared political culture with other democratic nations. Such feelings of solidarity may engender Americans' trust and favorability of some states' military development, but provoke negative feelings toward others. Using data mostly from Gallup and the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, this study examines Americans' attitudes toward major states' in the world (vis-à-vis military expenditure).