Democracies and Small WarsEfraim Inbar Psychology Press, 2003 - 198 pages By their nature, democracies clearly have greater constraints than autocratic regimes on their freedom of action as they have to meet constitutional, legal and moral criteria in their use of force. This collection analyses a number of case studies showing how democracies have won small wars. |
Contents
Why do they Quarrel? CivilMilitary Tensions | 21 |
Democracies Limited War and Psychological | 41 |
Trends in Low Intensity Ethnic Conflict | 54 |
The American Way of War in | 73 |
The Indian Way in Counterinsurgency Sankaran Kalyanaraman | 85 |
Ümit Özdağ | 101 |
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Democracies and Small Wars Efraim Inbar,Merkaz Besa le-meḥḳarim asṭraṭegiyim No preview available - 2003 |
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