10.7910/DVN/JIVKHEThiemo FetzerThiemoFetzerUniversity of Warwick and University of BonnPedro CL SouzaPedroCL SouzaQueen Mary University of LondonOliver Vanden EyndeOliver VandenEyndeParis School of Economics and CNRSAustin L. WrightAustinL. WrightUniversity of ChicagoHarvard Dataverse2024Social Sciencesinternational securitypublic opinionpolitical economyAfghanistanNATOOliver Vanden EyndeOliver VandenEyndeParis School of Economics and CNRSEnter your name2024-03-152024-06-1862014587768096661115743472283074821557452206340211798654534135094194391449532831328381352159159944893862555315115517806155144143147145145145147147149147583628753362587087226015715460143372714514314725017794113330612657474005157157143521576465944236562155754321015914714957837159145114130515814314914517681531471511501914714313019151147149153781913593947711743891070696780368138813988010112705206838714152502466597183796521098768147165966426268149151155722184438377789312518593175238935620389104157141368403283935936871368513505035111198811867518729186251868024893706799316991617350851119101031334769241828341591511511511447141148816354879142852631079330626731198420362122922231491531451511411535614914515916314914714514614315961551591501451471431023403974736811060712013222645255915794202185225632066795031312411187591160327752146102283510089342551676227626941111202753211558971431511581562624163164865881688577266114623982351878657665626972215474166918801591845193491551531461531431474915567171102065111765729401126296884916801165725341551531511461441511501524889385770368051623520933481134188293647332295151177469254334135915114352395615267531513629418931701214893512768196209208609386159496318510721239229619065631030533431811290920493270285930825083811305101841677710416885227836332170317915717808295972742252046624930702214915315515115314514314915915312571285364415115315314114775061432509169153141145162302992179745641780004732615315516114616815916115313351664210241471491517511496637171012762360227274732414934885172649752353451842214294068841725497419327623524522149824609915115315322210585075551097408394324198671701261184656110918793149751491871921582450814715415315525316143285015812757683501551471451493731421511711594121491471241372514615516114115535061730443197364044649211452697117026545724784811802589114424391104262011652506222628353859408311152523153158152151653140731431599899895726213161428642618555596685378255856830156569142010691049107710371698165813611332116411607097091446286715421123154111531591491471571531551571501421571451444248615715114514514749115914714701431038151147144147145147149145143144145373889411406137text/htmltype/x-r-syntaxapplication/x-stata-syntaxtype/x-r-syntaxtype/x-r-syntaxtype/x-r-syntaxtype/x-r-syntaxtype/x-r-syntaxtype/x-r-syntaxtype/x-r-syntaxapplication/x-stata-syntaxapplication/x-stata-syntaxapplication/x-stata-syntaxapplication/x-stata-syntaxapplication/x-stata-adoapplication/x-stata-adoapplication/octet-streamapplication/octet-streamtype/x-r-syntaxtype/x-r-syntaxapplication/octet-streamapplication/x-stata-adoapplication/octet-streamapplication/gziptext/plain; 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This paper studies the impact of battlefield casualties and media coverage on public demand for war termination. To identify the effect of troop fatalities, we leverage the timing of survey collection across respondents from nine members of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. Quasi-experimental evidence demonstrates that battlefield casualties increase the news coverage of Afghanistan and the public demand for withdrawal. Evidence from a survey experiment replicates the main results. To shed light on the media mechanism, we leverage a news pressure design and find that major sporting matches occurring around the time of battlefield casualties drive down subsequent coverage, and significantly weaken the effect of casualties on support for war termination. These results highlight the role that media play in shaping public support for foreign military interventions.This dataset underwent an independent verification process, complying with the AJPS Verification Policy updated June 2023, which replicated the tables and figures in the primary article. For the supplementary materials, verification was performed solely for the successful execution of the code. The verification process was carried out by the Cornell Center for Social Sciences at Cornell University. <br></br> The associated article has been awarded the Open Materials Badge. Learn more about the Open Practice Badges from the <a href="https://www.cos.io/">Center for Open Science</a>. <br></br> <img src="https://socialsciences.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/2024-04/materials_large_color.png" alt="Open Materials Badge " width="60" height="60"> <br></br> Open Materials Badge