When a democracy engages in war and the war turns out to be a tough battle, what should we expect the democracy to do?
a. Democracies will “declare” victory and leave.
b. Democratic constituents will replace the leader and the new leader will win the war.
c. The cost of defeat is too high and war will be “won” at a high cost if necessary.
d. There is no way to generalize about what democracies do in a tough war.
Ans: c
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a. True b. False
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