This is currently the best book on the security policies of democraticstates and the big one everyone concerned with the topic will have to readimmediately. It ... » 

This is currently the best book on the security policies of democraticstates and the big one everyone concerned with the topic will have to readimmediately. It contains the most rigorous logic the richest set of evidenceand the widest scope. Forceful accessible and lively it will be widely readby international relations scholars and by a broad range of students and policyanalysts.Bruce Russett Yale UniversityAn important and timely book thatanswers a major question and opens up new avenues of research.H. E. GoemansDuke UniversityThe authors deserve much praise for asking questions that gobeyond the exploration of the causes of war to examine political dynamicswithin war a tremendously neglected subject in political science. They deservepraise for using statistical data and methods in a field dominated by casestudy analysis. Their book will be widely discussed.Stephen Rosen HarvardUniversity «