The book turns the 'democratic peace' theme on its head: rather than investigating the reasons for the supposed pacifism of democracies, it looks for the causes of their militancy. In order to solve this puzzle, the authors look across International Relations, political theory, political philosophy and sociology.

SVEN CHOJNACKI Professor of Peace and Security Studies, Free University of Berlin, Germany CHRISTOPHER DAASE Professor of International Relations, University of Munich, Germany CATHERINE GÖTZE Lecturer in International Politics, University of Nottingham, UK NICHOLAS RENGGER Professor of Political Theory and International Relations, University of St. Andrews, UK JONAS WOLFF Doctoral Candidate, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany