TY  - BOOK
AU  - GONZALEZ Edward
TI  - Adjudicating competing theories: does civilian control over the military decrease conflict?
PY  - 2024///
KW  - CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS
N2  - What explains variation in the propensity for conflict involvement and initiation among states? In the study of international security, a debate remains between those who argue stronger civilian control of the military lowers the likelihood of interstate conflict, and those who argue stronger civilian control of the military lowers the likelihood of interstate conflict, and those who argue that states with stronger civilian control over the military will be more conflict-prone. This article adjudicates between these competing theories through the use of a newly published measure of civilian control over the military
ER  -