Power kills : democracy as a method of nonviolence / R.J. Rummel.
Power kills : democracy as a method of nonviolence / R.J. Rummel.
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New Brunswick ; London : Transaction, c1997.
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N321.8/85
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English
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ix, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- Pt. I. The Most Important Fact of Our Time. 2. No War between Democracies. 3. Democracy Limits Bilateral Violence. 4. Democracies are Least Warlike. 5. Democracies are Most Internally Peaceful. 6. Democracies Don't Murder Their Citizens -- Pt. II. Why are Democracies Nonviolent? 7...
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New Brunswick ; London : Transaction, c1997.
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England
Date Published
c1997.
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Rummel observes that well-established democracies do not make war on and rarely commit lesser violence against each other. The more democratic two nations are, the less likely is war or smaller-scale violence between them. The more democratic a nation is, the less severe its overall foreign violence, the less likely it will have domestic collective...
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Power kills : democracy as a method of nonviolence / R.J. Rummel.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-230) and index.
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c1997.
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N321.8/85
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74VM8lXNz0XM
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1560002972 (cloth alk. paper)
9781560002970(pbk.) :
1560002972(pbk.) :
9781560002970 (cloth alk. paper)
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321.8
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991000316359702626
