The Domestic Pressure Factor in Arms Races: A Comment on Saris and Middendorp

Theresa C. Smith

British Journal of Political Science, 1981, vol. 11, issue 2, 245-247

Abstract: In ‘Arms Races: External Security or Domestic Pressure?’ (this Journal, x, 121–8), Willem Saris and Cees Middendorp advance a compelling argument for the preponderance of domestic forces in driving arms races. However, the weight of the argument must be borne by the well-reasoned explanation of industrial forces and saturation levels, since the empirical analysis is fundamentally flawed in three ways. Definitions are lacking, data sources are ambiguous, and the application and interpretation of statistical procedures are inappropriate.

Date: 1981
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