Arguing about Alliances: The Art of Agreement in Military-Pact Negotiations

Paul Poast

Published by Cornell University Press 2019

Arguing about Alliances

The Art of Agreement in Military-Pact Negotiations

Paul Poast

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501740251

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About this book

Through his exploration of the outcomes of negotiations from European alliance negotiations between 1815 and 1945, Poast offers a typology of alliance treaty negotiations and establishes what conditions are most likely to stymie the attempt to formalize recognition of common national interests.

Author information

PoastPaul:

Paul Poast is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He is author of The Economics of War and co-author of Organizing Democracy. Follow him on Twitter @ProfPaulPoast.

Reviews

Douglas M. Gibler, University of Alabama, author of The Territorial Peace:

"Paul Poast shows how the study of international alliances and international conflict more generally can benefit from understanding when states fail to agree on alliance. Poast's work is exemplary."

Mark J.C. Crescenzi, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, author of Of Friends and Foes:

"Arguing about Alliances makes an essential argument for the need to understand the context within which alliances are negotiated, and moves the literature forward."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: The Fragility of Alliance Diplomacy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. A Theory of Alliance Treaty Negotiation Outcomes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
2. Measuring War Planning and Negotiation Outcomes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
3. Analyzing Alliance Treaty Negotiation Outcomes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
4. A Key Nonagreement: The 1901 Anglo-German Negotiations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
5. An Important Agreement: The 1948–49 North Atlantic Treaty Negotiations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Conclusion: Negotiations and the Future of Alliance Studies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 258
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 3
- Tables: 3
- Line drawings: 9
- Other: 9 b&w line drawings, 3 maps, 3 charts
Keywords: security studies; diplomacy; NATO; war plans; Europe; WWI; WWII

eBook

Published: November 15, 2019
ISBN: 9781501740251