Why does liberal democracy take hold in some countries but not in others? Why do we observe such different outcomes in … military interventions, from Germany and Japan to Afghanistan and Iraq? Do efforts to export democracy help as much as they … is a Cuba, Haiti, Somalia, or Vietnam. After War seeks to answer these critical foreign policy questions by bringing an …

By defining political economy and war in the broadest sense, this unique Handbook brings together a wide range of …. These include an analysis of why wars begin, how wars are waged, what happens after war has ceased, and the various … alternatives to war. Other sections explore civil war and revolution, the arms trade, economic and political systems, and post …