In noting the fact that the French Revolutionaries, possessed of a “popular” government, quickly went on the offensive to “spread their values,” Thomas DiLorenzo makes a very good point. One made by one of the essayists in Democracy, Liberalism, and War: Rethinking the Democratic Peace Debate (edited by Tarak, Barkawi and Leffey). (I do not remember which author; it has been a while since I’ve read the book; it was an academic snoozer and I don’t recall getting much farther than the third or forth essay.) Democracies may not wage war on each other, but they wage a lot of … Continue reading Democracy and War
