Understanding Battlefield Coalitions

This book improves our understanding of battlefield coalitions, providing novel theoretical and empirical insight into their nature and capabilities, as well as the military and political consequences of their combat operations.

List of contents

1. Battlefield Coalitions: Preparation, Organisation, Execution 2. A Century of Coalitions in Battle: Incidence, Composition, and Performance, 1900-2003 3. Exercising Escalation: Do Multinational Military Exercises Provoke Interstate Security Crises? 4. When the Coalition Determines the Mission: NATO's Detour in Libya 5. Battlefield Coalitions as International Institutions: A Conceptual Framework 6. Command and Military Effectiveness in Rebel and Hybrid Battlefield Coalitions 7. Learning from Losing: How Defeat Shapes Coalition Dynamics in Wartime 8. Regime Type, War Aims, and Coalition Member Effort in Combat 9. Why Rebels Rely on Terrorists: The Persistence of the Taliban--al-Qaeda Battlefield Coalition in Afghanistan 10. Coalitions and Wartime Diplomacy: Speaking with One Voice 11. Next Steps in the Study of Battlefield Coalitions

About the author

Rosella Cappella Zielinski is an Associate Professor of Political Science, Boston University, USA. She is the author of How States Pay for Wars (2016).
Ryan Grauer is an Associate Professor of International Affairs, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, USA. He is the author of Commanding Military Power (2016).

Summary

This book improves our understanding of battlefield coalitions, providing novel theoretical and empirical insight into their nature and capabilities, as well as the military and political consequences of their combat operations.

Product details

• Authors: Rosella (Boston University Cappella Zielinski
• Assisted by: Rosella Cappella Zielinski (Editor), Cappella Zielinski Rosella (Editor), Ryan Grauer (Editor), Grauer Ryan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032508382
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3250838-2
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Cass Military Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Defence strategy, planning & research, Military and defence strategy, Land forces & warfare, Armed Conflict, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science, Land forces and warfare