... and war. The book considers two forms of dangerous dynamics among enemy alliances: poor coordination and, in the case of revisionist alliances, the catalyzing effect of ideology and the pursuit of prestige on aggression toward enemies. It also explores the legacies of U.S. Cold War alliances...

... Organization (SEATO) Asian-African internationalism Communism Colonialism Cold War alliances The astonishment caused by the appearance of a domestic cat [Zhou Enlai] instead of a tiger seemed, for a short time, to inhibit proper scepticism. Berkeley Gage, British ambassador to Thailand...

...This chapter presents an overview of the book and discusses puzzles of Post-Cold War alliance politics and problems in the extant literature. The chapter introduces the readers to a market theory of military alliances, which treats alliances as contracts pledging a continuous exchange of goods...