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Democracies at War.

Why do democracies win wars? This is a critical question in the study of international relations, as a traditional view--expressed most famously by Alexis de Tocqueville--has been that democracies are inferior in crafting foreign policy and fighting wars. In Democracies at War, the first major study...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reiter, Dan
Otros Autores: Stam, Allan C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Why do democracies win wars? This is a critical question in the study of international relations, as a traditional view--expressed most famously by Alexis de Tocqueville--has been that democracies are inferior in crafting foreign policy and fighting wars. In Democracies at War, the first major study of its kind, Dan Reiter and Allan Stam come to a very different conclusion. Democracies tend to win the wars they fight--specifically, about eighty percent of the time.Complementing their wide-ranging case-study analysis, the authors apply innovative statistical tests and new hypotheses. In unusual.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (298 pages)
ISBN:9781400824458
1400824451
1283133318
9781283133319