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Dangerous alliances : proponents of peace, weapons of war
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- Creator
- Patricia A. Weitsman
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Stanford, Calif : Stanford University Press, [2004]
- ©2004
- Physical Details
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- xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780804748667, 0804748667
- OCLC
- ocm52477294
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-233) and index.
- The argument, part one: alliance formation ; The argument, part two: alliance cohesion ; Dangerous alliances and keepers of the peace ; What lies ahead -- Theory of alliance formation and cohesion ; Literature: questions unanswered and puzzles unsolved ; A unifying theory-alliance formation ; The implications of alliance decisions-alliance cohesion ; Possible alliance combinations ; Summary of propositions: alliance formation and alliance cohesion ; Peacetime versus wartime alliance dynamics ; Methodology: concepts and cases -- The Two Leagues of the Three Emperors ; The Dreikaiserbund, 1873-1878 ; The Dreikaiserbund II, 1881-1887 -- The dual and triple alliances ; The dual alliance ; The triple alliance -- The Franco-Russian alliance and the triple entente ; The Franco-Russian alliance ; The triple entente -- Alliances and the Great War: The central powers and the triple entente ; The central powers ; The triple entente -- Alliance formation under conditions of threat ; Alliance cohesion as a consequence of internal and external threat ; Peacetime versus wartime alliance dynamics ; A unifying theory of alliance formation and cohesion ; The alliance paradox ; The historical and contemporary relevance of dangerous alliances