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Elegant, engaging, and important. Alexander Lanoszka provides a masterclass on the origins and workings of modern military alliances. This is essential reading for today's debates on international relations and the future of American grand strategy. G. John Ikenberry, Princeton University Alliances are a foundational building block of the international order, but academics and practitioners have slighted the study of alliance management. Alexander Lanoszka provides a remedy with a scintillating tour d'horizon of the promise and perils of alliances in the twenty-first century. Eric S. Edelman, Former Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamics and politics of military alliances. It offers both a concise, coherent, and insightful synthesis of existing scholarship as well as cogent, original arguments on classic questions of alliance politics. Brian Blankenship, University of Miami In this excellent book, Lanoszka reviews, refreshes and challenges the scholarly debates on alliance politics. This is a book for both the student and scholar: for those seeking to understand alliances, and those whose understanding needs to be further refined. Iain D. Henry, Australian National University

Elegant, engaging, and important. Alexander Lanoszka provides a masterclass on the origins and workings of modern military alliances. This is essential reading for today's debates on international relations and the future of American grand strategy. G. John Ikenberry, Princeton University Alliances are a foundational building block of the international order, but academics and practitioners have slighted the study of alliance management. Alexander Lanoszka provides a remedy with a scintillating tour d'horizon of the promise and perils of alliances in the twenty-first century. Eric S. Edelman, Former Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamics and politics of military alliances. It offers both a concise, coherent, and insightful synthesis of existing scholarship as well as cogent, original arguments on classic questions of alliance politics. Brian Blankenship, University of Miami In this excellent book, Lanoszka reviews, refreshes and challenges the scholarly debates on alliance politics. This is a book for both the student and scholar: for those seeking to understand alliances, and those whose understanding needs to be further refined. Iain D. Henry, Australian National University

""Elegant, engaging, and important. Alexander Lanoszka provides a masterclass on the origins and workings of modern military alliances. This is essential reading for today’s debates on international relations and the future of American grand strategy."" G. John Ikenberry, Princeton University ""Alliances are a foundational building block of the international order, but academics and practitioners have slighted the study of alliance management. Alexander Lanoszka provides a remedy with a scintillating tour d’horizon of the promise and perils of alliances in the twenty-first century."" Eric S. Edelman, Former Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy ""This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamics and politics of military alliances. It offers both a concise, coherent, and insightful synthesis of existing scholarship as well as cogent, original arguments on classic questions of alliance politics."" Brian Blankenship, University of Miami ""In this excellent book, Lanoszka reviews, refreshes and challenges the scholarly debates on alliance politics. This is a book for both the student and scholar: for those seeking to understand alliances, and those whose understanding needs to be further refined."" Iain D. Henry, Australian National University

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Alexander Lanoszka is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Waterloo.

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