Download or read book Democratic Wars written by A. Geis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book turns the 'democratic peace' theme on its head: rather than investigating the reasons for the supposed pacifism of democracies, it looks for the causes of their militancy. In order to solve this puzzle, the authors look across International Relations, political theory, political philosophy and sociology.