02023nam a22003131i 4500 28006 27977 017976904 EG-ScBUE 20200210091915.0 160808s2016 nyua f b 001 0 eng d 9781107496705 StDuBDS eng rda StDuBDS Uk EG-ScBUE 355.356 WOL 22 Wolford, Scott, author. The politics of military coalitions / Scott Wolford, University of Texas at Austin. First paperback edition. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016. xiv, 246 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm text rdacontent txt still image rdacontent txt unmediated rdamedia n volume rdacarrier nc Includes bibliographical references and index. 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-- Combined operations (Military science) Political aspects. BUEsh BUSBOL February2020 Reading book ddc BB 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 1ST 2020-02-08 Purchase 540.00 34036 0 355.356 WOL 000048580 2025-07-15 00:00:00 675.00 2020-02-08 BB