Elizabeth Kier is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington. She is the author of Imagining War: French and British Military Doctrine between the Wars. Ronald R. Krebs is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. His most recent book is Fighting for Rights: Military Service and the Politics of Citizenship.

“War, Otto Hintze argued in a classic essay, builds strong autocratic states. Democracies, we are told by Harold Lasswell and others, have a hard time maintaining their open political systems during wartime. But this fascinating collection of essays suggests that the relationship between war and democracy is much more complex than these classic works propose. Depending upon the process of mobilization for war, democracy can either thrive or wither. This book revisits classic themes at a time when many of us worry about the future of American democracy in the face of the long-war on terror.” – Michael C. Desch, University of Notre Dame

• 1. Introduction: war and democracy in comparative perspective Elizabeth Kier and Ronald Krebs; Part I. War and Democratic Transitions: New and Durable Democracies?: 2. Does war influence democratization? Edward Mansfield and Jack Snyder; 3. Dodging a bullet: democracy's gains in modern war Paul Starr; 4. Armed conflict and the durability of electoral democracy Nancy Bermeo; Part II. War and Democratic Publics: Reshaping Political Participation?: 5. The effects of war on civil society: cross-national evidence from World War II Rieko Kage; 6. Veterans, human rights, and the tranformation of European democracy Jay Winter; 7. War and reform: gaining labor's compliance on the homefront Elizabeth Kier; 8. Spinning Mars: democracy in Britain and the United States and the economic lessons of war Mark Wilson; Part III. War and Democratic States: Government by the People or over the People?: 9. International conflict and the constitutional balance: executive authority after war Ronald R. Krebs; 10. Claims and capacity: war, national policing institutions, and democracy Daniel Kryder; 11. War, recruitment systems, and democracy Deborah Avant; Concluding reflections: 12. What wars do Miguel Angel Centeno.

Elizabeth Kier is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington. She is the author of Imagining War: French and British Military Doctrine between the Wars. Ronald R. Krebs is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. His most recent book is Fighting for Rights: Military Service and the Politics of Citizenship.

“War, Otto Hintze argued in a classic essay, builds strong autocratic states. Democracies, we are told by Harold Lasswell and others, have a hard time maintaining their open political systems during wartime. But this fascinating collection of essays suggests that the relationship between war and democracy is much more complex than these classic works propose. Depending upon the process of mobilization for war, democracy can either thrive or wither. This book revisits classic themes at a time when many of us worry about the future of American democracy in the face of the long-war on terror.” – Michael C. Desch, University of Notre Dame

• 1. Introduction: war and democracy in comparative perspective Elizabeth Kier and Ronald Krebs; Part I. War and Democratic Transitions: New and Durable Democracies?: 2. Does war influence democratization? Edward Mansfield and Jack Snyder; 3. Dodging a bullet: democracy's gains in modern war Paul Starr; 4. Armed conflict and the durability of electoral democracy Nancy Bermeo; Part II. War and Democratic Publics: Reshaping Political Participation?: 5. The effects of war on civil society: cross-national evidence from World War II Rieko Kage; 6. Veterans, human rights, and the tranformation of European democracy Jay Winter; 7. War and reform: gaining labor's compliance on the homefront Elizabeth Kier; 8. Spinning Mars: democracy in Britain and the United States and the economic lessons of war Mark Wilson; Part III. War and Democratic States: Government by the People or over the People?: 9. International conflict and the constitutional balance: executive authority after war Ronald R. Krebs; 10. Claims and capacity: war, national policing institutions, and democracy Daniel Kryder; 11. War, recruitment systems, and democracy Deborah Avant; Concluding reflections: 12. What wars do Miguel Angel Centeno.

Elizabeth Kier is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington. She is the author of Imagining War: French and British Military Doctrine between the Wars. Ronald R. Krebs is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. His most recent book is Fighting for Rights: Military Service and the Politics of Citizenship.

“War, Otto Hintze argued in a classic essay, builds strong autocratic states. Democracies, we are told by Harold Lasswell and others, have a hard time maintaining their open political systems during wartime. But this fascinating collection of essays suggests that the relationship between war and democracy is much more complex than these classic works propose. Depending upon the process of mobilization for war, democracy can either thrive or wither. This book revisits classic themes at a time when many of us worry about the future of American democracy in the face of the long-war on terror.” – Michael C. Desch, University of Notre Dame

• 1. Introduction: war and democracy in comparative perspective Elizabeth Kier and Ronald Krebs; Part I. War and Democratic Transitions: New and Durable Democracies?: 2. Does war influence democratization? Edward Mansfield and Jack Snyder; 3. Dodging a bullet: democracy's gains in modern war Paul Starr; 4. Armed conflict and the durability of electoral democracy Nancy Bermeo; Part II. War and Democratic Publics: Reshaping Political Participation?: 5. The effects of war on civil society: cross-national evidence from World War II Rieko Kage; 6. Veterans, human rights, and the tranformation of European democracy Jay Winter; 7. War and reform: gaining labor's compliance on the homefront Elizabeth Kier; 8. Spinning Mars: democracy in Britain and the United States and the economic lessons of war Mark Wilson; Part III. War and Democratic States: Government by the People or over the People?: 9. International conflict and the constitutional balance: executive authority after war Ronald R. Krebs; 10. Claims and capacity: war, national policing institutions, and democracy Daniel Kryder; 11. War, recruitment systems, and democracy Deborah Avant; Concluding reflections: 12. What wars do Miguel Angel Centeno.