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Description

1. xvi, 306 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "Why are democracies pursuing more military conflicts, but achieving worse results? Democratic Militarism shows that a combination of economic inequality and military technical change enables an average voter to pay very little of the costs of large militaries and armed conflict, in terms of both death and taxes. Jonathan Caverley provides an original statistical analysis of public opinion and international aggression, combined with historical evidence from the late Victorian British Empire, the US Vietnam War effort, and Israel's Second Lebanon War. This book undermines conventional wisdom regarding democracy's exceptional foreign policy characteristics, and challenges elite-centered explanations for poor foreign policy. This accessible and wide ranging book offers a new account of democratic warfare, and will help readers to understand the implications of the revolution in military affairs"--

Series statement

1. Cambridge studies in international relations ; 131

Uniform title

1. Cambridge studies in international relations ; 131.

Subject

1. Great Britain
2. Lebanon War, 2006
3. War > Technological innovations
4. Democracy
5. Military history
6. Vietnam War (1961-1975)
7. War > Economic aspects
8. Politics and war
9. War > Public opinion
10. United States
11. Lebanon War (2006)
12. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States
13. Great Britain > History, Military > 19th century
14. Lebanon
15. 1800-2006

Genre/Form

1. Military history.

Contents

1. 1. Sources of democratic military aggression -- 2. Cost distribution and aggresive grand strategy -- 3. Analyses of public opinion -- 4. Analyses of arming and war -- 5. British electoral reform and imperial overstretch -- 6. Vietnam and the American way of small war -- 7. Becoming a normal democracy: Israel -- 8. Conclusion: strategy wears a dollar sign.

Call number

1. JFE 16-6805

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Caverley, Jonathan D.

Title

1. Democratic militarism : voting, wealth, and war / Jonathan D. Caverley.

Publisher

1. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Cambridge studies in international relations ; 131
2. Cambridge studies in international relations ; 131.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Connect to:

1. Table of contents
2. Contributor biographical information
3. Cover image
4. Publisher description

Chronological term

1. 1800-2006

Other form:

1. Ebook version 9781139899765

LCCN

1. 2013046219

Other standard identifier

1. 9781107667372

ISBN

1. 9781107063983 (hardback)
2. 1107063981 (hardback)
3. 9781107667372 (paperback)
4. 1107667372 (paperback)
5. 9781139899765 (PDF ebook)

Research call number

1. JFE 16-6805