Democracies at War

by Dan Reiter, Allan C. Stam III, Allan C. Stam

Book Overview

Why do democracies win wars? This is a critical question in the study of international relations, as a traditional view--expressed most famously by Alexis de Tocqueville--has been that democracies are inferior in crafting foreign policy and fighting wars. In Democracies at War , the first major study of its kind, Dan Reiter and Allan Stam come to a very different conclusion. Democracies tend to win the wars they fight--specifically, about eighty percent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691089485
• ISBN13: 9780691089485
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.3"