Dangerous Alliances

Name: Dangerous Alliances
Brand: Stanford University Press
SKU: 9780804748667
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Proponents of Peace, Weapons of War

Автор: Patricia A. Weitsman

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Корици: С твърди корици

Издател: Stanford University Press

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War, from the Western perspective, is not a solitary endeavor. Partnerships of all types serve as a...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Patricia A. Weitsman

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2003

страници

264

EAN

9780804748667

ISBN

0804748667

Enbook ID

04717704

Издател

Stanford University Press

Теглоt

512

Размери

237 x 163 x 25

Пълно описание

War, from the Western perspective, is not a solitary endeavor. Partnerships of all types serve as a foundation for the projection of power and the employment of force. "Waging War" argues that these institutions of interstate violence--not just the technology, capability, and level of professionalism and training of armed forces--serve as ready mechanisms to employ force. However, these institutions are not always well designed, and do not always augment fighting effectiveness as they could, sometimes serving as drags on state capacity. At the same time, the net benefit of having this web of partnerships, agreements, and alliances is remarkable. It makes rapid response to crisis possible, and facilitates countering threats wherever they emerge. Utilizing what the author calls a realist institutionalist agenda--one that understands institutions as conduits of capability--this book lays out which institutional arrangements lubricate states' abilities to advance their agendas and prevail in wartime, and which components of institutional arrangements undermine effectiveness and cohesion, and increase costs to states. It demonstrates and tests the argument in five empirical chapters, examining the cases of the first Gulf War, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya. Each case has distinct lessons as well as important generalizations for contemporary multilateral warfighting.

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