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Grand strategy and military alliances / edited by Peter R. Mansoor and Williamson Murray.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alliances--History--Case studies.
- Alliances.
- Strategy--History--Case studies.
- Strategy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 399 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Grand Strategy & Military Alliances
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Alliances have shaped grand strategy and warfare since the dawn of civilization. Indeed, it is doubtful that the United States of America would have gained its independence without its Revolutionary War alliance with France. Such alliances may prove even more important to international security in the twenty-first century. Economic and financial difficulties alone will ensure that policy makers attempt to spread the burden of securing vital interests onto other nations through alliances, both formal organizations such as NATO and informal alliances of convenience as developed to wage the Gulf War in 1991. A team of leading historians examine the problems inherent in alliance politics and relationships in the framework of grand strategy through the lens of history. Aimed at not just the military aspects of alliances, the book uncovers the myriad factors that have made such coalitions succeed or fail in the past.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of maps; List of contributors; Acknowledgment; 1 Introduction: grand strategy and alliances; Part I: Maritime powers and the continental commitment ; 2 Grand strategy, alliances, and the Anglo-American way of war; 3 The Anglo-Prussian alliance and the Seven Years War; 4 Preserved by friend and foe alike: the Sixth Coalition against Revolutionary France; 5 The Franco-British military alliance during World War I; 6 The Grand Alliance in World War II; 7 Adapt and survive NATO in the Cold War
- Part II: The political and military challenges of coalition warfare 8 The Peloponnesian War and Sparta's strategic alliances; 9 The Anglo-Burgundian alliance and grand strategy in the Hundred Years War; 10 The Franco-American alliance during the War for Independence; 11 The alliance that wasn't: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I; 12 The Axis; 13 The Gulf War, 1990-1991: a coalition of convenience in a changing world; 14 Conclusion: alliances and coalitions in the twenty-first century; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2016).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-316-48217-0
- 1-316-48475-0
- 1-316-48518-8
- 1-316-48604-4
- 1-316-48561-7
- 1-316-48776-8
- 1-316-47708-8
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