Alliance formation in 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"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christia, Fotini
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:xvi, 343 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781107023024 (hardback)
1107023025 (hardback)
9781107683488 (paperback)
1107683483 (paperback)