Professor John Mueller was awarded the honor of the Philip E. Converse Book Award from APSA’s Elections, Public Opinion & Voting Behavior Section for his book War, Presidents, and Public Opinion (1973, John Wiley & Sons). The awards committee chose this book because they believed it deserved recognition for its profound and lasting impact on public opinion research.

Professor Mueller's book examines changes in presidential approval ratings over time and changes in support for the wars in Korea and Vietnam as they progressed. Check out a copy of this award winning text.

John Mueller is the Ralph D. Mershon Senior Research Scientist at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies of Ohio State University. He is also adjunct professor of Political Science at Ohio State and a Cato Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington, DC. He is currently working on terrorism and particularly on the reactions (and costly over-reactions) it often inspires.

Congratulations Professor Mueller!