Alliance formation in civil wars / Fotini Christia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Author/creator Christia, Fotini
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Descriptionxvi, 343 pages ; 24 cm
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Subjects
Civil war.
Alliances.
Civil war--Case studies.
Alliances--Case studies.

Contents Machine generated contents note: 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.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012012693
ISBN9781107023024 (hardback)
ISBN9781107683488 (paperback)