Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1. The Fact of Democratic Peace -- CHAPTER 2. Why Democratic Peace? -- CHAPTER 3. The Imperfect Democratic Peace of Ancient Greece / Antholis, William -- CHAPTER 4. The Democratic Peace since World War II / Maoz, Zeev -- CHAPTER 5. The Democratic Peace in Nonindustrial Societies / Ember, Carol R. / Ember, Melvin -- CHAPTER 6. The Future of the Democratic Peace -- Notes -- References -- Index