Origins of Alliances

Name: Origins of Alliances
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ISBN: 9780801494185

ISBN-10: 0801494184

ISBN-13: 9780801494185

Edition: 2013 (Reprint)

Authors: Stephen M. Walt

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How are alliances made? In this book, Stephen M. Walt makes a significant contribution to this topic, surveying theories of the origins of international alliances and identifying the most important causes of security cooperation between states. In addition, he proposes a fundamental change in the present conceptions of alliance systems. Contrary to traditional balance-of-power theories, Walt shows that states form alliances not simply to balance power but in order to balance threats. Walt begins by outlining five general hypotheses about the causes of alliances. Drawing upon diplomatic history and a detailed study of alliance formation in the Middle East between 1955 and 1979, he…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 9/11/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.13" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English