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Forged through fire : war, peace, and the democratic bargain / John Ferejohn and Frances McCall Rosenbluth.
Publication details: New York ; London : Liveright Publishing Corporation , [2017] Description: XI, 459 p. : il. ; 24 cmISBN: 978-1-63149-160-3Subject(s): Guerra | Historia militar | Historia | Democracia | Ideologías políticas | Paz | Aspectos políticosAbstract: Having spent their celebrated careers exploring this provocative question, John Ferejohn and Frances McCall Rosenbluth trace the surprising ways in which governments have mobilized armies since antiquity, discovering that our modern form of democracy not only evolved in a brutally competitive environment but also quickly disintegrated when the powerful elite no longer needed their citizenry to defend against existential threats.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Biblioteca Central del MAEC Depósito | 58465 | Available | 1069986 |
Having spent their celebrated careers exploring this provocative question, John Ferejohn and Frances McCall Rosenbluth trace the surprising ways in which governments have mobilized armies since antiquity, discovering that our modern form of democracy not only evolved in a brutally competitive environment but also quickly disintegrated when the powerful elite no longer needed their citizenry to defend against existential threats.