Grasping the Democratic Peace: Principles for a Post-Cold War World

By illuminating the conflict-resolving mechanisms inherent in the relationships between democracies, Bruce Russett explains one of the most promising developments of the modern international system: the striking fact that the democracies that it comprises have almost never fought each other.

Author: Bruce Russett
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 12/19/1994
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.06w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9780691001647

About the Author
Bruce Russett is Dean Acheson Professor of International Relations and Political Science at Yale University and editor of the Journal of Conflict Resolution. His many works include Controlling the Sword: The Democratic Governance of National Security and The Prisoners of Insecurity: Nuclear Deterrence, the Arms Race, and Arms Control. In writing Grasping the Democratic Peace, he was accompanied by anthropologists Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember and political scientists William Antholis and Zeev Maoz