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This book is about contemporary military alliance politics. Combining theoretical rigor with a historical sensibility, it will cover the main practical problems and policy debates relating to alliance management. As indicated, Chapter 1 explores why states establish military alliances. Chapter 2 tackles the issue of entrapment, whereas Chapter 3 focuses on abandonment. Chapters 4 and 5 address alliance burden-sharing controversies and coalition war-fighting, respectively. Chapter 6 discusses alliance termination. The Conclusion recapitulates the book’s arguments and offers final thoughts on the value of military alliances and the difficulties of assuring partners moving forward. US-led alliances will dominate this book because, as Table 0.1 indicates, most military alliances as of 2021 involve the United States. It will consider non-US alliances such as China–North Korea and the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), as well as the prospects for new alliances, including one between Russia and China. Many examples will be drawn from the historical record: Germany’s late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century alliance with Austria-Hungary, France’s interwar alliances with Central European states, the Cold War-era Warsaw Pact, North Korea’s alliance with the Soviet Union, among others.

Table 0.1: Military alliances that are active as of 2021