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Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, June, 2002. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 168-181)

過往對民意對外交政策的研究多聚焦於美國案例，而以「美國國內政治民意制衡機制」如國會為重要機制。本研究即試以世界報所反映的法國媒體民意與越戰期間法國與美國雙邊關係之互動為例，探討法國民意與外交政策關係之特徵。 以文獻分析法與內容分析法研究越南戰爭六個時期( 「法越奠邊府戰役」、「甘迺迪總統軍事介入越戰」、「東京灣決議案」、「春節攻勢」、「尼克森宣言」及「巴黎協議後至美國撤兵越南」)的相關文獻與法國世界報(Le Monde)文本，最後發展出法國的民意與外交決策過程簡圖如下。並由奠邊府戰役時期世界報輿論與法國外交政策、美國其中外交政策態度轉折過程，取得此時期世界報輿論意見獨立於法國對美國外交路線之例證。 圖中線條粗細代表影響力大小：行政部門對媒體、精英與大眾意見有強大影響力，而媒體的新聞框架與評論擁有第二大影響政府外交決策之作用，甚至可能還大於其他精英如國會議員對法國行政當局的影響。 另外，透過比較上述六時期世界報新聞評論與特稿內容分析，得出法國媒體民意對美國越戰作為之認知變化，此對美國行為認知與歸因的歷時性研究發現奠邊府戰役時期對美國正面認知以「求助」為主動機，而戰況慘烈如1968年春節攻勢之際，對美國越戰認知出現大量「同理心(25%)」成分。負面認知包含大量「不理性」與「好戰」，與「霸權自利」相關的負面認知則相對較小。同時，單一政策與個別領導人如詹森與尼克森任期分野也與法國民意對美國越戰作為之「不理性」認知比例差異相呼應。 關鍵字：法美雙邊關係、越南戰爭、民意、外交政策、媒體、世界報、認知

La miséricorde ne se commande pas, Elle tombe comme la douce pluie du ciel ». Cette citation de Shakespeare sert encore dans les années 1950 de devise au Tribunal pour enfants de Boston. À la fonction traditionnellement répressive du droit, elle tend à substituer une fonction idéologique sous l’expression de l’amour. Le modèle américain de la juvenile court, saturé d’idéaux de compassion et de réhabilitation, connaît un succès mondial depuis la création à Chicago, en 1899, du premier tribunal pour enfants. Que cachent le progressisme des juvenile courts et le « néohumanisme judiciaire » vanté par le juge Jean Chazal après l’ordonnance de 1945, qui constitue le véritable acte de naissance des tribunaux pour enfants en France ? Que signifie le succès très rapide des tribunaux pour enfants aux États-Unis, en Europe et dans le monde ? La comparaison de deux pays occidentaux, reliés entre eux, aide à répondre à ces questions, venant combler un vide historiographique et permettant de mieux comprendre le système de la justice des mineurs et le phénomène de la délinquance juvénile. La période qui suit la Seconde Guerre mondiale est particulièrement propice à l’analyse, puisque se posent alors de manière aiguë des questions sur l’autorité et l’éducation dans un contexte de paniques internationales autour de la délinquance juvénile. Cette étude s’inscrit dans un champ interdisciplinaire innovant, au croisement de l’histoire de la jeunesse et de l’histoire de la justice et du contrôle. Tout à la fois qualitative et quantitative, elle s’appuie sur des archives inédites, comme les dossiers des tribunaux pour enfants de Boston et de la Seine, à Paris. / The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.” This Shakespeare quote was still used in the 1950s as the motto of the Boston Juvenile Court. It tended to replace the traditional repressive function of the law by an ideological function expressed by love. The American juvenile court model, highly imbued with the ideal of compassion and rehabilitation, had had a worldwide success since 1899, when the first juvenile court was created in Chicago. What lies behind the progressivism of the juvenile courts and the “judicial neohumanism” praised by Judge Jean Chazal after the 1945 law which heralded the veritable birth of juvenile courts in France? What signification can we give to the very rapid success of juvenile courts in the United States, Europe and throughout the world?The comparison between two interconnected Western countries can help answer these questions, while filling a historiographical gap, in order to better understand the juvenile justice system and the phenomenon of juvenile delinquency. The post-WW2 period is most pertinent for analysis, as acute questions concerning authority and education were being raised amid international delinquency panics. The study takes place in an innovative and interdisciplinary field, where youth history intersects with the history of justice and control. It is qualitative and quantitative, and is based on new archival material, such as the case files of the Boston Juvenile Court and the Seine Juvenile Court in Paris.

This study examines the Allied notion of victory and how it was expressed in the depth of Allied strategic planning in 1918 for a campaign in 1919. Using the Supreme War Council (SWC) as a lens this study's arguments are threefold. The first is that, with the creation of the SWC, the Allies pursued a notion of victory that was focused on a decisive military defeat of the German army. Their timeline to victory over the enemy was affected by their perception of the enemy’s strength, their assessment of the difficulties inherent in overcoming the military advantage offered by the Central Powers' interior lines, their appraisal of the European members' morale to continue the war, and their ability to gather the necessary superiority in material and manpower resources. The second argument is that, through the SWC, the Allies were able to successfully coordinate strategy and resources. This study analyses the workings of the SWC as an international body and an early example of modern alliance warfare, comparing the perspectives of the British, French, American and Italian representatives in their willingness and unwillingness to coordinate national needs with alliance ones, arguing that the coalition did form a unified policy and strategy for the campaign in 1919. The abrupt ending of the war has obscured historians' understanding of coalition warfare in the First World War, as they have not sufficiently considered the serious planning that took place for 1919. Third, it argues that at the SWC level, the coalition members recognized the interdependent nature of the theatres, and thus the importance of all them for the conduct of the war.