Record Nr.

UNINA9910827278903321

Autore

Martin Felix E

Titolo

Militarist peace in South America : conditions for war and peace / / Felix E. Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa


New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36578-5

9786611365783

1-4039-8358-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 255 p.)

Disciplina

327

Soggetti

Peace

Military government - South America

South America Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abstract -- Introduction: Absence of War or Enduring Peace? -- Chapter 1 Peace in South America: Norm, Anomaly, or Historical Paradox? -- Chapter 2 Political Realism: Peace through Power? -- Chapter 3 Balance of Power, Empirical Findings, and Peace -- Chapter 4 U.S. Hegemony, Empirical Findings, and Peace -- Chapter 5 International Liberalism: Peace through Principles? -- Chapter 6 Democracy, Trade, Diplomacy, and Peace: Empirical Findings -- Chapter 7 The Military, External Peace, and Internal Violence -- Summary and Conclusions: Power, Principles, or Militarist Peace? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Martin derives several realist and liberal propositions on the causes of war and peace and tests them, utilizing evidence from the peace in South America, as well as developing and discussing the "Militarist Peace" hypothesis.