Publications of Alexander B. Downes    :chronological  combined  bibtex listing:

Books

1. A.B. Downes, Targeting Civilians in War (2008), Cornell University Press .

Chapters in Books

1. A.B. Downes and K.M. Cochran, Targeting Civilians to Win? Assessing the Military Effectiveness of Civilian Victimization in Interstate War, in Rethinking Violence: States and Non-State Actors in Conflict, edited by E. Chenoweth and A. Lawrence (2010), MIT Press [pdf] .

Journal Articles

1. A.B. Downes, The Myth of Choosy Democracies: Examining the Selection Effects Theory of Democratic Victory in War, H-Diplo | ISSF Essays (January, 2011) [htm] .
2. A.B. Downes and M.L. Lilley, Overt Peace, Covert War? Covert Intervention and the Democratic Peace, Security Studies, vol. 19 no. 2 (June, 2010), pp. 366-406 [pdf]  [abs].
3. A.B. Downes, Correspondence: Another Skirmish in the Battle over Democracies and War, International Security, vol. 34 no. 2 (Fall, 2009) .
4. A.B. Downes, How Smart and Tough Are Democracies? Reassessing Theories of Democratic Victory in War, International Security, vol. 33 no. 4 (Spring, 2009), pp. 9-51 .
5. A.B. Downes, Draining the Sea by Filling the Graves: Investigating the Effectiveness of Indiscriminate Violence as a Counterinsurgency Strategy, Civil Wars, vol. 9 no. 4 (December, 2007), pp. 420-444 .
6. A.B. Downes, Introduction: Modern Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Comparative Perspective, Civil Wars, vol. 9 no. 4 (December, 2007), pp. 313-323 .
7. A.B. Downes, Restraint or Propellant? Democracy and Civilian Fatalities in Interstate Wars, Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 51 no. 6 (December, 2007), pp. 872-904 .
8. A.B. Downes, Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: The Causes of Civilian Victimization in War, International Security, vol. 30 no. 4 (Spring, 2006), pp. 152-195 .
9. A.B. Downes, More Borders, Less Conflict? Partition as a Solution to Ethnic Civil Wars, SAIS Review, vol. 26 no. 1 (Winter-Spring, 2006), pp. 49-61 .
10. A.B. Downes, The Problem with Negotiated Settlements to Ethnic Civil Wars, Security Studies, vol. 13 no. 4 (Summer, 2004), pp. 230-279 .
11. A.B. Downes, The Holy Land Divided: Defending Partition as a Solution to Ethnic Wars, Security Studies, vol. 10 no. 4 (Summer, 2001), pp. 58-116 .

Papers Published

1. A.B. Downes, Targeting Civilians in Wartime, Centerpiece (Newsletter of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University), vol. 17 no. 2 (Spring, 2003), pp. 6-7, 11 .

Papers Submitted

1. A.B. Downes and K.M. Cochran, It's a Crime, but Is It a Blunder? The Efficacy of Targeting Civilians in War (2010) [htm]  [abs].
2. A.B. Downes and J. Monten, FIRCed to be Free: Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and Democratization (2010) [pdf]  [abs].
3. A.B. Downes, Catastrophic Success: Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and Civil War (2010) [pdf]  [abs].

Book Reviews

1. A.B. Downes, Review of Hugo Slim, Killing Civilians: Method, Madness, and Morality in War, Journal of Strategic Studies, vol. 32 no. 6 (December, 2009) .
2. A.B. Downes, Review of Michael C. Desch, Power and Military Effectiveness: The Fallacy of Democratic Triumphalism, Political Science Quarterly, vol. 124 no. 2 (Summer, 2009), pp. 342-44 .
3. A.B. Downes, Review of Tanisha M. Fazal, State Death: The Politics and Geography of Conquest, Occupation, and Annexation, International History Review, vol. 30 no. 4 (December, 2008), pp. 845-47 .