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Democracies at War

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Dan Reiter (Author), Allan C. Stam (Author)
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ISBN-13: 978-0691089492
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 328 pages
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press (February 10, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0691089493
  • ISBN-13: 978-0691089492
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.8 x 9.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Very Interesting Book
By John F. Daniel on February 17, 2008
Format: Hardcover
First of all, I have no idea what the other reviewers are talking about. The thing to realize here is that this is an interesting work of international relations theory. The work is great in its methodology and presents relevant and unique empirical findings (unlike some/many of the recent academic work on the democratic peace). Even though I disagree with some of the work's findings, I appreciate it for what it is and could care less about all of the odd comments from the other reviewers.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent Read
By Kindle Customer on May 16, 2003
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This was one of the most excellent books I have read in a long time. I had to read it for my world politics class and I became very intrigued in the propositions set forth by Reiter and Stam in this book.
The book is very easy to read, unlike many other pieces in political science. They save all of the confusing statistical data for the appendices so not to bore the reader during the chapters. They combine empirical data with interesting case studies. This would be an excellent book for anyone to read and I highly recommend it, especially if you want to learn why democracies win wars!
Also, who cares about the authors? These past reviews spent too much time dramatizing something that I'm sure most people that do not know who the authors are or follow their lives as if they were madonna, care about.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGood book
By Yogastar on January 30, 2011
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I think this book does a good job outlining the various democracies at war. Historical information is presented in an interesting manner. The author also is able to convey a lot of emotion related to the times. I would recommend this book to others.
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1.0 out of 5 starsIf you like oversimplification and broad assumptions you'll like this book
By MountainRunner on September 16, 2007
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Democracies at War is an attempt to explore why democracies fight. Right off the bat the authors make it crystal clear they will ignore messy realities and redefine concepts to their own liking. The two most glaring examples of this is the authors' assertion from the first page that democracy is the same as capitalism. They also, ironically considering the rhetorical core of the book, ignore the purpose and function of nationalism as an emotional tool. Instead they state nationalism is nothing but political ideology. Nationalism feeds ideology, but it is not ideology itself. You remember the Maine and Pearl Harbor, two emotional draws the authors ignore that would fit in with how and why democracies fight (as well as how to keep them fighting, which the authors ignore), you don't fight for a bicameral system. To the authors, the electorate is hyperaware in their cold political science sort of way.

Frustratingly, the authors quote heavily from several research projects, including the Correlates of War and others, but the tables they provide are almost useless and cannot be used to confirm their analysis. I don't know why else they would include a multi-page table on wars that listed initiator and victor while they do not list Polity III democracy scores (critical to their statistical analysis). This is problem in several cases where we as readers don't know if a state was a democracy or "in transition" or not a democracy. There data also oversimplifies why war is fought, which is one of their fundamental goals of the book. Various wars, such as Franco-Prussian and the 1973 Yom Kippur / October War, have convienently ignored causal factors.

Ostensibly written to be read by policy makers and thus simplified for them, the book is so selective of the facts, intentionally ignorant of root elements (the authors are too smart not to know), and overly simple in presentation as to be a misleading and frustrating read.
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