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Contents Acknowledgments ix A Note to the Reader xiii Introduction 1 1. Theory as a Hermeneutical Mechanism: A Theoretical Model 14 2. Democratic Peace as Theoretical Constructions 39 3. Democratic Peace as a Public Convention 68 4. Word-Lords: The Israeli Right’s Mobilization of the Rhetorical Capital of Democratic Peace 85 5. The Civilization of Clashes: The Neoconservative Reading of Democratic Peace 112 6. The Three Free World Theories 142 7. Theorizing and Responsibility 171 Conclusions: Zooming In, Zooming Out 204 Notes 219 References 231 Index 259 ...

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