Ballots and bullets
Subtitle: the elusive democratic peace
By: Joanne Gowa.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Peace.; Democracy.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1993-2001.
Description: "There is a widespread belief, among both political scientists and government policymakers, that "democracies don't fight each other." Here Joanne Gowa challenges that belief. In a thorough, systematic critique, she shows that, while democracies were less likely than other states to engage each other in armed conflicts between 1945 and 1980, they were just as likely to do so as were other states before 1914. Thus, no reason exists to believe that a democratic peace will survive the end of the Cold War. Since U.S. foreign policy is currently directed toward promoting democracy abroad, Gowa's findings are especially timely and worrisome."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-128) and index.
"Published under the auspices of the Center of International Studies"--t.p. verso.