Dictators at War and Peace /

Dictators at War and Peace / / Jessica L. P. Weeks.

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Why do some autocratic leaders pursue aggressive or expansionist foreign policies, while others are much more cautious in their use of military force? The first book to focus systematically on the foreign policy of different types of authoritarian regimes, Dictators at War and Peace breaks new groun...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Weeks, Jessica L. P.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 11 tables, 5 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables And Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Authoritarian Regimes And The Domestic Politics Of War And Peace
  • 2. Initiating International Conflict
  • 3. Winners, Losers, And Survival
  • 4. Personalist Dictators: Shooting From The Hip
  • 5. Juntas: Using The Only Language They Understand
  • 6. Machines: Looking Before They Leap
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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