Coalitions of convenience [electronic resource] : United States military interventions after the Cold War / Sarah E. Kreps

Author:: Kreps, Sarah E. (Sarah Elizabeth)
Published:: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- ch. 2 Defining Cooperation under Unipolarity -- ch. 3 Explaining Cooperation in Post-Cold War Military Interventions -- ch. 4 The Gulf War and the New World Order -- ch. 5 Haiti: Quid Pro Quo Multilateralism -- ch. 6 Afghanistan: The Mission Determines the Coalition -- ch. 7 Iraq, the United States, and the "Coalition of the Willing" -- ch. 8 Conclusion.

Summary:

In 'Coalitions of Convenience', Sarah E. Kreps shows that even powerful states have incentives to intervene multilaterally. Coalitions and international organization blessing confer legitimacy and provide ways to share what are often costly burdens of war.

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ISBN:

9780199827152 (ebook)
019982715X (ebook)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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