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Popular Nationalism and War
Jiyoung Ko · 2023
74/100
👍 Worth It
Ko's argument — that nationalist sentiment can restrain as well as provoke military conflict — is a genuine contribution that pushes back on a widely held assumption in international relations theory. The mixed-methods design and Oxford University Press imprimatur signal serious scholarship. This is for specialists only, but within that audience it's solidly worth reading.
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