01560    a2200181   4500999001700000020001800017082001800035245004300053260003700096300001200133520092900145650005901074650001401133700002201147700002301169942001201192952017401204  c26758d26758  a9781316501726  a327.116bGRA-  aGrand Strategy and Military Alliances   bCambridge University Pressc2018  a411, pp  aAlliances have shaped grand strategy and warfare since the dawn of civilization. Indeed, it is doubtful that the United States of America would have gained its independence without its Revolutionary War alliance with France. Such alliances may prove even more important to international security in the twenty-first century. Economic and financial difficulties alone will ensure that policy makers attempt to spread the burden of securing vital interests onto other nations through alliances, both formal organizations such as NATO and informal alliances of convenience as developed to wage the Gulf War in 1991. A team of leading historians examine the problems inherent in alliance politics and relationships in the framework of grand strategy through the lens of history. Aimed at not just the military aspects of alliances, the book uncovers the myriad factors that have made such coalitions succeed or fail in the past.  aMilitary SciencevDefiance Studiesv Military Strategy  aAlliances  aMansoor, Peter R.  aMurray, Williamson  2ddccBK  00104070aNASSDOCbNASSDOCd2021-04-12eOverseas Press India Private Limitedg2133.97i2021-03-08l0o327.116 GRA-p51463r2021-04-12 00:00:00v3005.60w2021-04-12yBK