The militarist peace in South America : conditions for war and peace

Despite Rivalries, Crises, And Notoriously Violent Internal Political Processes, South American States Have Paradoxically Avoided A Major Intraregional, Interstate War Since 1935. Martin Examines Why And How Intraregional, Interstate Relations In South America Remained Relatively Peaceful. This Analysisis Theoretically And Empirically Interesting Because In This Region, The Conditions For War Assumed By Political Realism Were Present, Yet A Major War Did Not Erupt. Conversely, The Conditions For Interstate Peace Presupposed By International Liberalism Were Absent, But Intraregional Peace Prevailed For Over Sixty-five Years. Martin Derives Several Realist And Liberal Propositions On The Causes Of War And Peace And Tests Them, Utilizing Evidence From The Peace In South America, As Well As Developing And Discussing The Militarist Peace Hypothesis. Introduction: Absence Of War Or Enduring Peace? -- Chapter I: Peace In South America: Norm, Anomaly Or Historical Paradox? -- Chapter Ii: Political Realism: Peace Through Power? -- Chapter Iii: Balance Of Power, Empirical Findings And Peace -- Chapter Iv: U.s. Hegemony, Empirical Findings And Peace -- Chapter V: International Liberalism: Peace Through Principles? -- Chapter Vi: Democracy, Trade, Diplomacy And Peace: Empirical Findings -- Chapter Vii: The Military, External Peace And Internal Violence -- Summary And Conclusions: Power, Principles Or Militarist Peace? Félix E. Martín. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [223]-245) And Index. "Despite rivalries, crises, and notoriously violent internal political processes, South American states have paradoxically avoided a major intraregional, interstate war since 1935. Martin examines why and how intraregional, interstate relations in South America remained relatively peaceful. This analysisis theoretically and empirically interesting because in this region, the conditions for war assumed by political realism were present, yet a major war did not erupt. Conversely, the conditions for interstate peace presupposed by international liberalism were absent, but intraregional peace prevailed for over sixty-five years. Martin derives several realist and liberal propositions on the causes of war and peace and tests them, utilizing evidence from the peace in South America, as well as developing and discussing the "Militarist Peace" hypothesis."--Publisher's website Cover 1 Contents 8 List of Figures 10 List of Tables 12 Acknowledgments 14 Abstract 16 Introduction: Absence of War or Enduring Peace? 18 Chapter 1 Peace in South America: Norm, Anomaly, or Historical Paradox? 24 Chapter 2 Political Realism: Peace through Power? 42 Chapter 3 Balance of Power, Empirical Findings, and Peace 66 Chapter 4 U.S. Hegemony, Empirical Findings, and Peace 96 Chapter 5 International Liberalism: Peace through Principles? 118 Chapter 6 Democracy, Trade, Diplomacy, and Peace: Empirical Findings 134 Chapter 7 The Military, External Peace, and Internal Violence 166 Summary and Conclusions: Power, Principles, or Militarist Peace? 194 Notes 200 Bibliography 240 Index 264 A 264 B 264 C 264 D 265 E 266 F 266 G 266 H 267 I 267 J 268 K 268 L 268 M 268 N 269 O 269 P 269 Q 270 R 270 S 270 T 271 U 271 V 271 W 272 Z 272