TY - BOOK AU - Walt,Stephen M. TI - The Origins of Alliances T2 - Cornell Studies in Security Affairs SN - 9780801469992 AV - JX4005 .W335 1990 U1 - 327.1/16/0956 PY - 2013///] CY - Ithaca, NY PB - Cornell University Press KW - Alliances KW - International relations KW - International Studies KW - Political Science & Political History KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) KW - bisacsh KW - (neo)realist theory of international relations KW - alliance formation KW - alliances middle east KW - alliances KW - ameria cold war KW - baghdad pact KW - books on foreign policy KW - books on international relations KW - camp david accords KW - cold war history KW - cold war policy KW - current affairs KW - diplomacy KW - diplomatic relations theories KW - diplomatic relations KW - foreign policy KW - history of political theory KW - history of the six day war KW - how to make foreign policy KW - how to start an alliance KW - international affairs KW - international politics KW - international relations theory KW - international relations KW - international security KW - middle east 1945 KW - middle east 1955 KW - middle east 1979 KW - middle east cold war KW - middle east foreign policy KW - middle east in the 60s KW - middle east politics KW - middle eastern politics KW - military history KW - political theory KW - six day war KW - theory of international politics KW - treaties and alliances KW - what is an allliance KW - what is the camp david accord N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface to the Paperback Edition --; Preface --; 1. Introduction: Exploring Alliance Formation --; 2. Explaining Alliance Formation --; 3. From the Baghdad Pact to the Six Day War --; 4. From the Six Day War to the Camp David Accords --; 5. Balancing and Bandwagoning --; 6. Ideology and Alliance Formation --; 7. The Instruments of Alliance: Aid and Penetration --; 8. Conclusion.: Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power --; APPENDIX 1: Alliances and Alignments in the Middle East, 1 955 - 1 979 --; APPENDIX 2: The Balance of World Power --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - ‹p›‹b›"The Origins of Alliances offers a different way of thinking about our security and thus about our diplomacy. It ought to be read by anyone with a serious interest in understanding why our foreign policy is so often self-defeating."‹/b›-‹i›New Republic‹/i›‹/p›‹p›How are alliances made? In this book, Stephen M. Walt makes a significant contribution to this topic, surveying theories of the origins of international alliances and identifying the most important causes of security cooperation between states. In addition, he proposes a fundamental change in the present conceptions of alliance systems. Contrary to traditional balance-of-power theories, Walt shows that states form alliances not simply to balance power but in order to balance threats.‹/p›‹p›Walt begins by outlining five general hypotheses about the causes of alliances. Drawing upon diplomatic history and a detailed study of alliance formation in the Middle East between 1955 and 1979, he demonstrates that states are more likely to join together against threats than they are to ally themselves with threatening powers. Walt also examines the impact of ideology on alliance preferences and the role of foreign aid and transnational penetration. His analysis show, however, that these motives for alignment are relatively less important. In his conclusion, he examines the implications of "balance of threat" for U.S. foreign policy.‹/p› UR - https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801469992 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801469992 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801469992/original ER -