Arguing about Alliances : : The Art of Agreement in Military-Pact Negotiations / / Paul Poast.

Why do some attempts to conclude alliance treaties end in failure? From the inability of European powers to form an alliance that would stop Hitler in the 1930s, to the present inability of Ukraine to join NATO, states frequently attempt but fail to form alliance treaties. In Arguing about Alliances...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (258 p.) :; 9 b&w line drawings, 3 maps, 3 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Fragility of Alliance Diplomacy
  • 1. A Theory of Alliance Treaty Negotiation Outcomes
  • 2. Measuring War Planning and Negotiation Outcomes
  • 3. Analyzing Alliance Treaty Negotiation Outcomes
  • 4. A Key Nonagreement: The 1901 Anglo-German Negotiations
  • 5. An Important Agreement: The 1948–49 North Atlantic Treaty Negotiations
  • Conclusion: Negotiations and the Future of Alliance Studies
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index