United We Stand?: Divide-and-Conquer Politics And the Logic of International Hostility - Couverture souple

Belkin, Aaron

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791463443 ISBN 13 : 9780791463444

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2006

Synopsis

Argues that leaders sometimes promote international conflicts to keep their own military politically divided.

It has long been assumed that leaders engage in international conflict to unify their followers-what is often called the "rally 'round the flag" hypothesis. Despite its intuitive appeal, however, this hypothesis does not always provide a compelling explanation of the relationship between domestic politics and international conflict. In United We Stand? Aaron Belkin shows that in one important realm, civil-military relations, leaders often prefer divisiveness over cohesion. When they feel domestically vulnerable, leaders use international conflict in order to create and exacerbate rivalries among their own military forces to lower the risk of a coup and to contribute to the consolidation and stability of the political order. Case studies include post-Soviet Georgia and Syria.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Aaron Belkin is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the coeditor (with Geoffrey Bateman) of Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791463443
• ISBN 13: 9780791463444
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 172
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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