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Introduction : war, politics, democracy -- Democratic security -- Citizens and soldiers : the difference uniforms make -- A modest case for symmetry : are soldi

Conventional wisdom in international relations maintains that democracies are only peaceful when encountering other democracies. Using a variety of social scien

Surveys the bureaucratic mistakes--including poor weapons and strategic blunders--that marked America's entry into World War II, showing how these errors were o

"Through a study of the mobilization of the Italian and British labor movements during World War I, this book explores whether war advances democracy. It explai