The politics of military coalitions:

Military coalitions are ubiquitous. The United States builds them regularly, yet they are associated with the largest, most destructive, and consequential wars in history. When do states build them, and what partners do they choose? Are coalitions a recipe for war, or can they facilitate peace? Fina...

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Main Author: Wolford, Scott (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambrideg Univ. Press 2015
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Summary:Military coalitions are ubiquitous. The United States builds them regularly, yet they are associated with the largest, most destructive, and consequential wars in history. When do states build them, and what partners do they choose? Are coalitions a recipe for war, or can they facilitate peace? Finally, when do coalitions affect the expansion of conflict beyond its original participants? The Politics of Military Coalitions introduces newly collected data designed to answer these very questions, showing that coalitions - expensive to build but attractive from a military standpoint - are very often more (if sometimes less) than the sum of their parts, at times encouraging war while discouraging it at others, at times touching off wider wars while at others keeping their targets isolated. The combination of new data, new formal theories, and new quantitative analysis will be of interest to scholars, students, and policymakers alike
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Sep 2015)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource (262 pages)) digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:9781316179154
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781316179154

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