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Democratic militarism : voting, wealth, and war

Title
Democratic militarism : voting, wealth, and war / Jonathan D. Caverley.
Author
Caverley, Jonathan D.
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Description
xvi, 306 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"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
Cambridge studies in international relations ; 131
Uniform Title
Cambridge studies in international relations ; 131.
Subject
  • Lebanon War (2006)
  • Vietnam War (1961-1975)
  • 1800-2006
  • Politics and war
  • Democracy
  • War > Technological innovations
  • War > Economic aspects
  • War > Public opinion
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States
  • Lebanon War, 2006
  • Great Britain > History, Military > 19th century
  • Great Britain
  • Lebanon
  • United States
Genre/Form
Military history.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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
JFE 16-6805
ISBN
  • 9781107063983
  • 1107063981
  • 9781107667372
  • 1107667372
  • 9781139899765 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2013046219
  • 9781107667372
OCLC
870248143
Author
Caverley, Jonathan D.
Title
Democratic militarism : voting, wealth, and war / Jonathan D. Caverley.
Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Cambridge studies in international relations ; 131
Cambridge studies in international relations ; 131.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contributor biographical information
Cover image
Publisher description
Chronological Term
1800-2006
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Ebook version 9781139899765
Other Standard Identifier
9781107667372
Research Call Number
JFE 16-6805
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