Democracy and Deterrence : Foundations for an Enduring World Peace

By Dr Walter Gary Sharp Sr.

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Title:	Democracy and Deterrence : Foundations for an Enduring World Peace
Author:	Dr Walter Gary Sharp Sr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Political Science, United States Government
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Publisher:	Air University Press

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Description
None before Prof. John Norton Moore has argued the value of democratic principles in deterrence and conflict avoidance. In this important book, Dr. Gary Sharp analyzes the concepts in Moore’s seminal work The War Puzzle (2005), which describes Moore’s incentive theory of war avoidance. Sharp carefully dissects Moore’s deterrence model and examines those incentives that discourage nondemocratic governments from pursuing violent conflicts. Arguing that existing democracies must make an active effort to foster the political environment in which new democracies can develop, Sharp discusses the elements critical to promoting democratization and thus strengthening system wide deterrence at the state and international levels.

Table of Contents
1 LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND ITS GLOBAL INFLUENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features of a Liberal Democracy . . . . . . . . .2 Global Political Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 2 CONVENTIONAL THEORIES OF WAR AND WAR AVOIDANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Conventional Thinking on the Cause of War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Conventional Approaches to War Avoidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Deterrence as a Tool of War Avoidance . . . .31 The Law of Conflict Management . . . . . . .35 The Future of Armed Conflict . . . . . . . . . . 38 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 3 THE DEMOCRATIC PEACE PRINCIPLE . . . .45 The Early Debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Contemporary Studies and Methodologies . 49 Explanations for the Democratic Peace Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Challenges and Alternate Rationales . . . . . 72 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 4 WAR AVOIDANCE THROUGH INCENTIVES AND DETERRENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Moore’s Postulate on the Cause of War . . . .85 Moore’s Incentive Theory of War Avoidance 92 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 5 A VALIDATION OF THE INCENTIVE THEORY OF WAR AVOIDANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Paths to Peace: Domestic and International Factors In War Avoidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 An Analysis of the Role of Deterrence in the 1991 Persian Gulf War . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 6 CORRELATIVE VALUES OF DEMOCRACY . .123 The Human-Development Benefits of Democracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Rating Freedom and Human Development among the Nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152 7 CONCLUSION: DEMOCRACY AND DETERRENCE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163