Grasping the democratic peace : principles for a post-Cold War world /

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Author / Creator: Russett, Bruce M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1993]
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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.

Physical Description:viii, 173 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-165) and index.
ISBN:0691033463
Author Notes:Bruce Russett is Dean Acheson Professor of International Relations and Political Science at Yale University and editor of the Journal of Conflict Resolution. His many works include Controlling the Sword: The Democratic Governance of National Security and The Prisoners of Insecurity: Nuclear Deterrence, the Arms Race, and Arms Control. In writing Grasping the Democratic Peace, he was accompanied by anthropologists Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember and political scientists William Antholis and Zeev Maoz.