By illuminating the conflict-resolving mechanisms inherent in the relationships between democracies, Bruce Russett explains one of the most promising developments of the modern international system: the striking fact that the democracies that it comprises have almost never fought each other.
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Bruce Russett is Dean Acheson Professor of International Relations and Political Science at Yale University and editor of the
Journal of Conflict Resolution. His many works include
Controlling the Sword: The Democratic Governance of National Security and
The Prisoners of Insecurity: Nuclear Deterrence, the Arms Race, and Arms Control. In writing
Grasping the Democratic Peace, he was accompanied by anthropologists Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember and political scientists William Antholis and Zeev Maoz.