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Victorious and vulnerable : why democracy won in the 20th century and how it is still imperiled
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Victorious and vulnerable : why democracy won in the 20th century and how it is still imperiled / Azar Gat.
ISBN
9781442201149 (cloth : alk. paper)
1442201142 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442201163 (electronic)
1442201169 (electronic)
Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ; Stanford, Calif. : In cooperation with Hoover Institution, Stanford University ; [Lanham, MD] : Distributed by National Book Network, c2010.
Physical Description
xi, 228 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2010
Series
Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Why democracy won in the twentieth century
The ascent of capitalist parliamentarianism
Free trade or imperialism?
The return of the nondemocratic great powers
The modern transformation and the democratic peace
The democracies' way in conflict
Why counterinsurgency fails / with Gil Merom
Did democracies exterminate the natives of North America and Australia?
Unconventional terror and the new world disorder
Conclusion: Strengths and vulnerabilities
Democracies' unique traits in conflict.
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