The Burden-Sharing Dilemma : : Coercive Diplomacy in US Alliance Politics / / Brian D. Blankenship.

The Burden-Sharing Dilemma examines the conditions under which the United States is willing and able to pressure its allies to assume more responsibility for their own defense. The United States has a mixed track record of encouraging allied burden-sharing—while it has succeeded or failed in some ca...

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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Physical Description:1 online resource (210 p.) :; 1 chart, 12 graphs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Why Is Burden-Sharing a Contentious Issue in US Alliances?
  • Chapter 1 The Strategic Logic of Coercive Burden-Sharing
  • Chapter 2 “A Legitimate Role in the Defense of the Alliance, but on a Leash” West German Burden-Sharing, 1961–1974
  • Chapter 3 “Between Scylla and Charybdis” Japanese Burden-Sharing, 1964–1976
  • Chapter 4 “They Live at Our Sufferance” South Korean Burden-Sharing, 1964–1980
  • Chapter 5 “Is Iceland Blackmailing Us?” Icelandic Burden-Sharing, 1949–1960
  • Conclusion: The Enduring Challenges of Burden-Sharing in US Alliances
  • Appendix Selected US Economic Statistics, 1950–1980
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index