Worse Than a Monolith Alliance Politics and Problems of Coercive Diplomacy in Asia

Name: Worse Than a Monolith Alliance Politics and Problems of Coercive Diplomacy in Asia
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ISBN: 9780691142616

ISBN-10: 0691142610

ISBN-13: 9780691142616

Edition: 2011

Authors: Thomas J. Christensen

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In brute-force struggles for survival, such as the two World Wars, disorganization and divisions within an enemy alliance are to one's own advantage. However, most international security politics involve coercive diplomacy and negotiations short of all-out war.Worse Than a Monolithdemonstrates that when states are engaged in coercive diplomacy--combining threats and assurances to influence the behavior of real or potential adversaries--divisions, rivalries, and lack of coordination within the opposing camp often make it more difficult to prevent the onset of conflict, to prevent existing conflicts from escalating, and to negotiate the end to those conflicts promptly. Focusing on relations…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 5/13/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.21" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Thomas J. Christensen is the William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War and Director of the China and the World Program at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. He is the author of "Useful Adversaries" (Princeton). From 2006-2008, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.



Acknowledgments



Introduction



Growing Pains: Alliance Formation and the Road to Conflict in Korea



Alliance Problems, Signaling, and Escalation of Asian Conflict



The Benefits of Communist Alliance Coordination and the Continuing Costs of U.S. Alliance Formation, 1951-56



The Sino-Soviet Split and Problems for the United States Asia, Europe, and the Americas, 1956-64



From Escalation in Vietnam to Sino-American Rapprochement, 1964-72



The Fall and Revival of Coercive Diplomacy: Security Partnerships and Sino-American Security Relations, 1972-2009



Conclusion


Bibliography


Index