Why do democracies win wars? This is a critical question in the study of international relations, as a traditional view - expressed most famously by Alexis de Tocqueville - has been that democracies are inferior in crafting foreign policy and fighting wars. In "Democracies at War", the first major s[...]
Why do some countries choose to end wars short of total victory while others fight on, sometimes in the face of appalling odds? "How Wars End" argues that two central factors shape war-termination decision making: information about the balance of power and the resolve of one's enemy, and fears that [...]