Unipolarity and the Evolution of America''s Cold War Alliances

Informationen zum Autor NIGEL R. THALAKADA Former senior policy advisor with over ten years experience in the Canadian Department of National Defense, including assignments at NATO headquarters and at the US Department of Defense. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Yale University, USA. Klappentext Thalakada argues that the principal purpose of US alliances have shifted since the end of the Cold War from containing communist expansionism (balance of power) to preserving and exercising US power (management of power).He also looks across all US alliances highlighting the trend from regionally-based to more globally-active alliances. Zusammenfassung Thalakada argues that the principal purpose of US alliances have shifted since the end of the Cold War from containing communist expansionism (balance of power) to preserving and exercising US power (management of power).He also looks across all US alliances highlighting the trend from regionally-based to more globally-active alliances. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Management-of-Power The North Atlantic Treaty Organization The United States-Japan Alliance The United States-South Korea Alliance The Australia-New Zealand-United States Alliance Conclusion

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Introduction Management-of-Power The North Atlantic Treaty Organization The United States-Japan Alliance The United States-South Korea Alliance The Australia-New Zealand-United States Alliance Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: N. Thalakada, Nigel Thalakada, Nigel R. Thalakada, THALAKADA NIGEL
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.2012
• EAN: 9780230368132
• ISBN: 978-0-230-36813-2
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Peace, Conflict Studies, Political Science, International Relations, Warfare & defence, Political science & theory, Diplomacy, International institutions, International Organization, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Politics and war, Military and Defence Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies