Solving the war puzzle : beyond the democratic peace /

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Main Author: Moore, John Norton
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC : Carolina Academic Press, c2004
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Executive summary
  • I. The democratic peace : an important piece of the puzzle
  • II. More pieces of the puzzle : government structures and the effect of internal incentives
  • III. More pieces II : the path to war--are democracies as aggressive as nondemocracies?
  • More pieces III : deterrence and the effect of external incentives
  • V. Democracy and deterrence : a first-stage hypothesis
  • VI. Testing the hypothesis
  • VII. Building on other approaches
  • VIII. Toward incentive theory : understanding and refining the hypothesis
  • IX. September 11 and its aftermath : terrorism, Afghanistan, and the Iraq War
  • X. Consequences for foreign policy
  • XI. A future with fewer wars
  • Notes
  • annex I. Graphic representaton of incentive theory in war/peace decisions
  • annex II. Illustrative methodology for measuring deterrence
  • annex III. Major interstate wars since adoption of the United Nations charter
  • annex IV. Major interstate wars of the United States
  • Works cited
  • About the author
  • Index