Forged through fire : war, peace, and the democratic bargain / John Ferejohn and Frances McCall Rosenbluth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferejohn, John A., author.

Rosenbluth, Frances McCall, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and war.

Democracy.

Peace--Political aspects.

Peace.

World history.

Military history.

Physical Description:

xi, 460 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Other Title:

War, peace, and the democratic bargain

Place of Publication:

New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2017]

Summary:

"Is democracy dependent on war to survive? Peace, many would agree, is a goal that democratic nations should strive to achieve. Considering the question of whether democracy is dependent on war, two celebrated political scientists trace the ways in which governments have mobilised armies since antiquity. They find that our modern form of democracy not only evolved in a brutally competitive environment but also was quickly excised when the powerful no longer needed their citizenry to defend against existential threats. Bringing to life many of the battles that shaped our world, the authors show how centralised monarchies replaced feudalism, why dictatorships can mobilise large forces but often fail at long-term military campaigns and how drone warfare has weakened democracy. In the spirit of Francis Fukuyama and Niall Ferguson, Forged Through Fire has far-reaching implications and will become the centrepiece of the democratic debate." -- Publisher's website.

Contents:

The twenty-first-century wars without citizen armies

War and democracy in classical Athens

The glory that was Rome

A millennium of landed aristocracy

The emergence of monarchy in France and Spain

War and representation in England, the Netherlands, and Sweden

Italian republics

Eastern lands in early modern Europe

Mountain republics

The nineteenth-century pivot

Twentieth-century wars of full mobilization

War, racism, and civil rights in the United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781631491603

1631491601

OCLC:

960740240

Publisher Number:

99970224577