Democracy and deterrence : foundations for an enduring world peace / Walter Gary Sharp, Sr.
By: Sharp, Walter Gary.
Contributor(s): Air University (U.S.).
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BookPublisher: Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press, [2008]Description: xvi, 270 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781585661800 (pbk.); 1585661805 (pbk.).Subject(s): Moore, John Norton. Solving the war puzzle | War -- Prevention | War -- Causes | Deterrence (Strategy) | Conflict management | Democracy | Peace| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Byang Kato Research Library | U21.2 .S42 2008 (Browse shelf) | Available | 1042014 |
""May 2008.""
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-263) and index.
Liberal democracy and its global influence -- Conventional theories of war and war avoidance -- The democratic peace principle -- War avoidance through incentives and deterrence -- A validation of the incentive theory of war avoidance -- Correlative values of democracy -- Conclusion: Democracy and deterrence in the twenty-first century.
[Examines] ""the causes of warfare in the context of a deterrence model, or, specifically, the deterrence factors inherent in the checks and balances of a democratic state and the absence of such factors in the nondemocratic state....Sharp analyzes the concepts in [John Norton] Moore's seminal work [Solving] the War Puzzle (2005 [i.e 2004]), which describes Moore's incentive theory of war avoidance"" -- Forward (ix).
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