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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828638703321

Autore

Russett Bruce M

Titolo

Grasping the democratic peace : principles for a post-Cold War world / / Bruce Russett ; with the collaboration of William Antholis [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1993

ISBN

1-282-75177-8

1-4008-2102-9

9786612751776

1-4008-1325-5

Edizione

[With a New preface by the author]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 pages)

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Democracy

War

Peace

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-165) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1. The Fact of Democratic Peace -- CHAPTER 2. Why Democratic Peace? -- CHAPTER 3. The Imperfect Democratic Peace of Ancient Greece / Antholis, William -- CHAPTER 4. The Democratic Peace since World War II / Maoz, Zeev -- CHAPTER 5. The Democratic Peace in Nonindustrial Societies / Ember, Carol R. / Ember, Melvin -- CHAPTER 6. The Future of the Democratic Peace -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

By illuminating the conflict-resolving mechanisms inherent in the relationships between democracies, Bruce Russett explains one of the most promising developments of the modern international system: the striking fact that the democracies that it comprises have almost never fought each other.