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"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
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Civil war.
Alliances.
Civil war > Case studies.
Alliances > Case studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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"--
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (361 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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