Never at war : why democracies will not fight one another /

"This lively book reveals a remarkable and tremendously important finding: fully democratic nations have never made war on other democracies. Furthermore, says the author, they probably never will. He analyzes for the first time every instance in history of a democracy confronting another with...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weart, Spencer R., 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1998]
Subjects:
Democracy > History.
War > History.
Peace > History.
Démocratie > Histoire.
Guerre > Histoire.
Paix > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Democracy.
Peace.
War.
Vredesvraagstuk.
Democratie.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Investigating the Puzzle of Democratic Peace
  • Ancient Greece: Definitions and a Pattern of Peace
  • Medieval Italy: Wars Without States
  • The Rise of Republican States, Ideals, and Alliances
  • The Political Culture of Peace
  • The Swiss Republics: Defining an Enemy
  • Oligarchy, Intervention, and Civil War
  • Republics Versus Autocracies
  • Well-Established Republics Versus Authoritarian Regimes
  • Well-Established Republics Versus Newborn Republics
  • Authoritarian Diplomacy
  • Republican Diplomacy
  • Imperialist Aggression by Democracies
  • Leagues of Republics
  • Crusading for Democracy
  • Military Confrontations Between Approximately Republican Regimes of the Same Kind.

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