Unipolarity and the Evolution of America's Cold War Alliances

By Nigel Thalakada

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349349801
• ISBN13: 9781349349807
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"