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Cover image for book Unipolarity and the Evolution of America's Cold War Alliances

Unipolarity and the Evolution of America's Cold War Alliances

By:Nigel Thalakada
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230368132
eText ISBN:9781137010964
Edition:0
Copyright:2012
Format:Page Fidelity

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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.