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Should the US pursue its security unilaterally or in cooperation with others? If the latter, how can its interests be best protected against opportunism by untrustworthy partners? This book attempts to explain security relations from an institutionalist approach.

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"An innovative approach to understanding how and why polities choose to structure their relations with one another... Lake has some interesting ideas, which he presents clearly and intelligently."--Choice

Table of Contents
List of Figures and TablesPrefaceCh. 1Introduction3Ch. 2Security Relationships17Ch. 3A Theory of Relational Contracting35Ch. 4The Lone Hand78Ch. 5Cold War Cooperation128Ch. 6Gulliver's Triumph198Ch. 7Relational Contracting and International Relations263Ch. 8Conclusion285References299Index325

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/05/1999
      ISBN13: 9780691059914, 978-0691059914
      ISBN10: 0691059918

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      Book Synopsis
      Should the US pursue its security unilaterally or in cooperation with others? If the latter, how can its interests be best protected against opportunism by untrustworthy partners? This book attempts to explain security relations from an institutionalist approach.

      Trade Review
      "An innovative approach to understanding how and why polities choose to structure their relations with one another... Lake has some interesting ideas, which he presents clearly and intelligently."--Choice

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures and TablesPrefaceCh. 1Introduction3Ch. 2Security Relationships17Ch. 3A Theory of Relational Contracting35Ch. 4The Lone Hand78Ch. 5Cold War Cooperation128Ch. 6Gulliver's Triumph198Ch. 7Relational Contracting and International Relations263Ch. 8Conclusion285References299Index325

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