The Democratic Path to Peace

Issue Date April 1997
Volume 8
Issue 2
Page Numbers 49-64
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About the Author

James Lee Ray is professor of political science at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He was formerly professor of political science and international affairs at Florida State University and is the author of Democracy and International Conflict (1995).

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