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Victorious and vulnerable : why democracy won in the 20th century and how it is still imperiled /
In the blink of an eye, liberal democracy's moment of triumph was darkened by new threats, challenges, and doubts. Rejecting the view that liberal democracy's twentieth-century victory was inevitable, distinguished student of war Azar Gat argues that it largely rested on contingent factors...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham : Stanford, Calif. : [Lanham, MD] :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ; In cooperation with Hoover Institution, Stanford University ; Distributed by National Book Network,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the blink of an eye, liberal democracy's moment of triumph was darkened by new threats, challenges, and doubts. Rejecting the view that liberal democracy's twentieth-century victory was inevitable, distinguished student of war Azar Gat argues that it largely rested on contingent factors and was more doubtful than has been assumed. The world's liberal democracies, with the United States at the forefront, face new and baffling security threats, with the return of capitalist nondemocratic great powers--China and Russia--and the continued threat of unconventional terror. The democratic peace, o. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442201163 1442201169 1282522213 9781282522213 |