Forged Through Fire: War, Peace, and the Democratic Bargain

by John Ferejohn, Frances McCall Rosenbluth, E.J. Koh

Book Overview

Having spent their celebrated careers exploring this provocative question, John Ferejohn and Frances McCall Rosenbluth trace the surprising ways in which governments have mobilized armies since antiquity, discovering that our modern form of democracy not only evolved in a brutally competitive environment but also quickly disintegrated when the powerful elite no longer needed their citizenry to defend against existential threats.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631491601
• ISBN13: 9781631491603
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"