Unipolarity and the Evolution of America's Cold War Alliances

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-8

3. Management of Power

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   Pages 9-20

4. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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5. The US—Japan Alliance

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6. The US—South Korea Alliance

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7. The Australia—New Zealand–US Alliance

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8. Conclusion

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9. Back Matter

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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.

• Cold War
• communism
• management
• organization
• organizations
• state
• war

NIGEL R. THALAKADA Former senior policy advisor with over ten years experience in the Canadian Department of National Defense, including assignments at NATO headquarters and at the US Department of Defense. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Yale University, USA.

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