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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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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  • Cover; contents; tables and figures; acknowledgments; one: democracy's fourth virtue; two: democracy, war initiation, and victory; three: democracy and battlefield success; four: balancers or bystanders? the lack of fraternal democratic assistance during war; five: winning wars on factory floors?: the myth of the democratic arsenals of victory; six: democracy, consent, and the path to war; seven: the declining advantages of democracy: when consent erodes; eight: why democracies win wars; notes; bibliography; index.