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“Promoting freedom will produce peace,” is a view held by many democratic politicians and scholars. Kenneth Waltz identifies in his book Man, the State and War, three “images” or identifiable categories that might cause war. The first is the individual; for example World War II happened because Hitler was an evil man. The Second image concerns states, relying on internal politics of a nation and the societal characteristics as determinants of international decisions. The Third image depends on the international system of order. It infers that countries will always feel insecure and dependent on their individual power making force the only way to solve disputes due to the anarchical state. A main argument among scholars has been that liberal democracies seldom if ever fight wars against one another. “Democratic peace” theorists believe the second image, state politics and culture, is a key factor causing or deterring war. However, they vary in their reasoning as to what factors within the state actually determine its international policies. Theorists have suggested both democratic institutions and ideologies as the basis for why liberal institutions avoid war with one another. Due to the variance in reasonin