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008			120326s2012 enk b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2012012693
020			_a9781107023024 (hardback)
020			_a9781107683488 (paperback)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dDLC
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aJC328.5 _b.C57 2012
082	0	0	_a303.6/4 _223
084			_aPOL011000 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aChristia, Fotini.
245	1	0	_aAlliance formation in civil wars / _cFotini Christia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
300			_axvi, 343 pages ; _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine 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.
520			_a"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"--
650		0	_aCivil war.
650		0	_aAlliances.
650		0	_aCivil war _vCase studies.
650		0	_aAlliances _vCase studies.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. _2bisacsh
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2lcc _cBK _hJC328.5 _kJC328.5 _m.C57 2012
999			_c5121 _d5121