Liberal Peace, Liberal War American Politics and International Security.(Review) (book review)

By John M. Owen IV. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997. 246p. $45.00 cloth, $17.95 paper.

Liberal Peace is a noteworthy and original addition to the small but growing number of books (as opposed to articles) on the apparent absence of war between democratic states. Owen advances our theoretical understanding of how the liberal peace works and offers further empirical support for the democratic peace proposition. His central arguments are that the democratic peace is actually a liberal peace and that liberal ideas and institutions operate together to promote peace between ...

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