Do democracies win their wars?
By: edited by Michael E. Brown ... [et al.].
Series: International security readers
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780262515900
Subjects: War; Democracy
Other titles: International security.
Description: Can democracies conduct successful foreign policies? Are they at a disadvantage in conflicts against dictatorships? Are authoritarian states better at fighting wars? Presented in this volume are seminal contributions to the debate over democracy and military victory. It presents the theoretical, conceptual, and empirical arguments for why democracies often win wars, as well as important critiques of the "democratic victory" proposition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.