Alliance formation in civil wars /
Christia, Fotini.
Alliance formation in civil wars / Fotini Christia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. - xvi, 343 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9781107023024 (hardback) 9781107683488 (paperback)
2012012693
Civil war.
Alliances.
Civil war--Case studies.
Alliances--Case studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
JC328.5 / .C57 2012
303.6/4
Alliance formation in civil wars / Fotini Christia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. - xvi, 343 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9781107023024 (hardback) 9781107683488 (paperback)
2012012693
Civil war.
Alliances.
Civil war--Case studies.
Alliances--Case studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
JC328.5 / .C57 2012
303.6/4