ISBN:
1139845039
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1139840290
,
1139149423
,
9781139840293
,
9781139149426
,
9781139845038
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 343 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Christia, Fotini Alliance formation in civil wars
DDC:
303.6/4
Keywords:
Civil war
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Alliances
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Civil war Case studies
;
Alliances Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; General
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Violence in Society
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Alliances
;
Civil war
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Afghanistan-Konflikt
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Bürgerkrieg
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Bündnis
;
Gleichgewichtspolitik
;
Case studies
;
Afghanistan
;
Bosnien
;
Fallstudiensammlung
;
Fallstudiensammlung
;
Electronic books
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Fallstudiensammlung
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
"This book argues that relative power balances, rather than shared identities, explain why combatant groups in the Afghan civil wars constantly aligned with and double-crossed each other, and develops a theory on alliance formation and group fractionalization in multiparty civil wars"--
Abstract:
Introduction -- Part I. Context and Theory: 1. Literature and research design; 2. A theory of warring group alliances and fractionalization in mult-party civil wars -- Part II. Afghanistan: 3. The Afghan Intra-Mujahedin War, 1992-1998; 4. The Afghan Communist-Mujahedin War, 1978-1989; 5. The theory at the commander level in Afghanistan, 1978-1998 -- Part III. Bosnia and Herzegovina: 6. The Bosnian Civil War, 1992-1995; 7. The Bosnian Civil War, 1941-1945 -- Part IV. Further Extensions: 8. Quantitative testing on the universe of cases of multi-party civil wars -- Conclusion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1057522
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139149426
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