LEADER 03909nam 2200745 450 001 9910787070003321 005 20230803204729.0 010 $a0-8014-5523-5 010 $a1-336-20820-1 010 $a0-8014-5524-3 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801455247 035 $a(CKB)3710000000229954 035 $a(OCoLC)890509326 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10928467 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001339214 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12585640 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001339214 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11351854 035 $a(PQKB)11572086 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138651 035 $a(OCoLC)1080551273 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58485 035 $a(DE-B1597)496552 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801455247 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138651 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10928467 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL752106 035 $a(OCoLC)922998670 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000229954 100 $a20140917h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDictators at war and peace /$fJessica L. P. Weeks 210 1$aIthaca, New York :$cCornell University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 225 1 $aCornell Studies in Security Affairs 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8014-7982-7 311 0 $a0-8014-5296-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tTables And Figures --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Authoritarian Regimes And The Domestic Politics Of War And Peace --$t2. Initiating International Conflict --$t3. Winners, Losers, And Survival --$t4. Personalist Dictators: Shooting From The Hip --$t5. Juntas: Using The Only Language They Understand --$t6. Machines: Looking Before They Leap --$tConclusion --$tAppendix --$tNotes --$tWorks Cited --$tIndex 330 $aWhy do some autocratic leaders pursue aggressive or expansionist foreign policies, while others are much more cautious in their use of military force? The first book to focus systematically on the foreign policy of different types of authoritarian regimes, Dictators at War and Peace breaks new ground in our understanding of the international behavior of dictators. Jessica L. P. Weeks explains why certain kinds of regimes are less likely to resort to war than others, why some are more likely to win the wars they start, and why some authoritarian leaders face domestic punishment for foreign policy failures whereas others can weather all but the most serious military defeat. Using novel cross-national data, Weeks looks at various nondemocratic regimes, including those of Saddam Hussein and Joseph Stalin; the Argentine junta at the time of the Falklands War, the military government in Japan before and during World War II, and the North Vietnamese communist regime. She finds that the differences in the conflict behavior of distinct kinds of autocracies are as great as those between democracies and dictatorships. Indeed, some types of autocracies are no more belligerent or reckless than democracies, casting doubt on the common view that democracies are more selective about war than autocracies. 410 0$aCornell studies in security affairs. 606 $aDictators 606 $aAuthoritarianism 606 $aMilitary policy$xDecision making 606 $aPolitics and war 615 0$aDictators. 615 0$aAuthoritarianism. 615 0$aMilitary policy$xDecision making. 615 0$aPolitics and war. 676 $a321.9092/2 686 $aMK 3100$2rvk 700 $aWeeks$b Jessica L. P.$01534918 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787070003321 996 $aDictators at war and peace$93782790 997 $aUNINA