Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go to War

by Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder

Book Overview

Does the spread of democracy really contribute to international peace? Successive U. S. administrations have justified various policies intended to promote democracy not only by arguing that democracy is intrinsically good but by pointing to a wide range of research concluding that democracies rarely, if ever, go to war with one another. To promote democracy, the United States has provided economic assistance, political support, and technical advice...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262633477
• ISBN13: 9780262633475
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher