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Strength through peace : how demilitarization led to peace and happiness in Costa Rica, and what the rest of the world can learn from a tiny, tropical nation / Judith Eve Lipton, David P. Barash.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lipton, Judith Eve, author.
- Barash, David P., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National security--Costa Rica.
- National security.
- Quality of life--Costa Rica.
- Quality of life.
- Costa Rica--Politics and government--1948-1986.
- Costa Rica.
- Costa Rica--Politics and government--1986-.
- Costa Rica--Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Costa Rica is the only fully demilitarized, completely independent country in the world. Through good luck, good leadership, and good decisions, Costa Rica has become arguably the sanest and most progressive country on earth. This book examines how and why Costa Rica is safe and independent without any military at all, and what the rest of us can learn from its success"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Pursuing the paradox
- War and human nature
- Costa Rica's demilitarization
- Demilitarization elsewhere
- Good luck
- Good policy
- The past as prologue
- Guns and butter, bananas and coffee
- National security : bombs, bonobos, and banks
- On the fragility of good things.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-090873-4
- 0-19-992498-8
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