Abstract
A variety of pressures is felt by the policy- makers of a belligerent actor impelling them to make peace. Internal pressures originate with the legislature, the elites, public opinion, advisers of the policy-makers and the ministries of the government. History provides us with the examples from which we can generalize when peace moves are con strained or permitted by forces within the polity of a belligerent.
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