Power, interest, and identity in military alliances /
[Book]
Jae-Jung Suh.
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2007.
xv, 286 pages :
illustrations ;
21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-278) and Index.
Power, interest, and identity in international politics: the military alliance between the United States and Republic of Korea -- Power and alliance: assessing military balance in Korea -- Interests and alliance persistence -- Alliance and identity -- End of the Cold War, beginning of alliance persistence -- The past and future of alliances: institutionalization in world politics.
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This book looks at U.S.-Korea relations and argues that the durability of military alliances depends upon a combination of power distribution, material assets, and identities. The author asserts that military alliances, beyond being mere tools of power balancing, are also engaged in material, representational, and institutional practices that constitute the identity of allies and adversaries--Publisher's description.