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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...



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The Origins of Alliances offers a different way of thinking about our security and thus about our diplomacy. It ought to be read by anyone with a serious interest in understanding why our foreign policy is so often self-defeating.

* New Republic *

A valuable refinement of traditional balance-of-power theory.... Walt provides a sophisticated account of recent Middle East diplomacy.

* International Affairs *

The Origins of Alliances

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      Publisher Cornell University Press
      Published 30 September 1987
      ISBN-13 9780801420542
      978-0801420542
      ISBN-10 0801420547
      Also in:
      Middle Eastern history Warfare and defence

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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...



      Trade Review

      The Origins of Alliances offers a different way of thinking about our security and thus about our diplomacy. It ought to be read by anyone with a serious interest in understanding why our foreign policy is so often self-defeating.

      * New Republic *

      A valuable refinement of traditional balance-of-power theory.... Walt provides a sophisticated account of recent Middle East diplomacy.

      * International Affairs *

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