Democracy and deterrence
Subtitle: foundations for an enduring world peace
By: Walter Gary Sharp, Sr.
Contributors: Air University (U.S.)
Publisher: Air University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781585661800
Subjects: Moore, John Norton; War -- Prevention; War -- Causes; Deterrence (Strategy); Conflict management; Democracy; Peace
Description: [Examines] "the causes of warfare in the context of a deterrence model, or, specifically, the deterrence factors inherent in the checks and balances of a democratic state and the absence of such factors in the nondemocratic state....Sharp analyzes the concepts in [John Norton] Moore's seminal work  [Solving] the War Puzzle (2005 [i.e 2004]), which describes Moore's incentive theory of war avoidance" -- Forward (ix).
Notes: "May 2008."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: Liberal democracy and its global influence; title: Conventional theories of war and war avoidance; title: The democratic peace principle; title: War avoidance through incentives and deterrence; title: A validation of the incentive theory of war avoidance; title: Correlative values of democracy; title: Conclusion: Democracy and deterrence in the twenty-first century.