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Why Leaders Fight

By: Michael C. Horowitz,Allan C. Stam,Cali M. Ellis

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Why Leaders Fight

By: Michael C. Horowitz,Allan C. Stam,Cali M. Ellis

Using in-depth research on famous leaders, this book explores how their life experiences fundamentally shape the reasons why nations go to war.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107022932

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9781107022935

The Behavioral Origins of War

By: D. Scott Bennett,Allan C. Stam III

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In The Behavioral Origins of War, D. Scott Bennett and Allan C. Stam analyze systemic, binary, and individual factors in order to evaluate a wide variety of theories about the origins of war. Challenging the view that theories of war are nothing more than competing explanations for observed behavior, this expansive study incorporates variables from multiple theories and thus accounts for war's multiplicity of causes. While individual theories offer partial explanations for international conflict, only a valid set of theories can provide a complete explanation. Bennett and Stam's unconventional yet methodical approach opens the way for cumulative scientific progress in international relations. D. Scott Bennett is Professor of Political Science at the Pennsylvania State University. Allan C. Stam is Associate Professor in the Government Department at Dartmouth College.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472022016

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9780472022014

Democracies at War

By: Dan Reiter,Allan C. Stam

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Democracies at War

By: Dan Reiter,Allan C. Stam

Why do democracies win wars? This is a critical question in the study of international relations, as a traditional view--expressed most famously by Alexis de Tocqueville--has been that democracies are inferior in crafting foreign policy and fighting wars. In Democracies at War, the first major study of its kind, Dan Reiter and Allan Stam come to a very different conclusion. Democracies tend to win the wars they fight--specifically, about eighty percent of the time. Complementing their wide-ranging case-study analysis, the authors apply innovative statistical tests and new hypotheses. In unusually clear prose, they pinpoint two reasons for democracies' success at war. First, as elected leaders understand that losing a war can spell domestic political backlash, democracies start only those wars they are likely to win. Secondly, the emphasis on individuality within democratic societies means that their soldiers fight with greater initiative and superior leadership. Surprisingly, Reiter and Stam find that it is neither economic muscle nor bandwagoning between democratic powers that enables democracies to win wars. They also show that, given societal consent, democracies are willing to initiate wars of empire or genocide. On the whole, they find, democracies' dependence on public consent makes for more, rather than less, effective foreign policy. Taking a fresh approach to a question that has long merited such a study, this book yields crucial insights on security policy, the causes of war, and the interplay between domestic politics and international relations.

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Princeton University Press

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1400824451

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9781400824458

Why Leaders Fight

By: Michael C. Horowitz,Allan C. Stam,Cali M. Ellis

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Why Leaders Fight

By: Michael C. Horowitz,Allan C. Stam,Cali M. Ellis

The history of political events is made by people. From wars to elections to political protests, the choices we make, our actions, how we behave, dictate events. Not all individuals have the same impact on our world and our lives. Some peoples' choices alter the pathways that history takes. In particular, national chief executives play a large role in forging the destinies of the countries they lead. Why Leaders Fight is about those world leaders and how their beliefs, world views, and tolerance for risk and military conflict are shaped by their life experiences before they enter office - military, family, occupation, and more. Using in-depth research on important leaders and the largest set of data on leader backgrounds ever gathered, the authors of Why Leaders Fight show that - within the constraints of domestic political institutions and the international system - who ends up in office plays a critical role in determining when and why countries go to war.

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1316412083

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The Behavioral Origins of War

By: D. Scott Bennett,Allan C. Stam III

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By: D. Scott Bennett,Allan C. Stam III

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Why Leaders Fight

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