Democracies and the Shock of War : the Law as a Battlefield.
Over the course of the twentieth-century, democracies demonstrated an uncanny ability to win wars when their survival was at stake. As this book makes clear, this success cannot be explained merely by superior military equipment or a particular geographical advantage. Instead, it is argued that the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Farnham :
Ashgate Pub.,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Over the course of the twentieth-century, democracies demonstrated an uncanny ability to win wars when their survival was at stake. As this book makes clear, this success cannot be explained merely by superior military equipment or a particular geographical advantage. Instead, it is argued that the legal frameworks imbedded in democratic societies offered them a fundamental advantage over their more politically restricted rivals. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (320 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781409443643 1409443647 |