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

by Paul Poast

Why do some attempts to conclude alliance treaties end in failure? From the inability of European powers to form an alliance that would stop Hitler in the 1930s, to the present inability of Ukraine to join NATO, states frequently attempt but fail to form alliance treaties. In Arguing about Alliances, Paul Poast sheds new light on the purpose of alliance treaties by recognizing that such treaties come from negotiations, and that negotiations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501740245
• ISBN13: 9781501740244
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher