320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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Over the course of the twentieth century, democracies demonstrated an uncanny ability to win wars when their survival was at stake. As this book makes clear, this success cannot be explained merely by superior military equipment or a particular geographical advantage. Instead, it is argued that the legal frameworks imbedded in democratic societies offered them a fundamental advantage over their... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Gentili and Grotius; Chapter 2 Democracies, the First World War and the Peace of Versailles; Chapter 3 Democracies and the Second World War;
Biography
Marc Cogen is Professor of International Law at Gent University and the Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
