Dangerous Alliances: Proponents of Peace, Weapons of War.(Book review) From: Canadian Journal of History | Date: December 1, 2005| Author: Bouchard, Carl | COPYRIGHT 2005 Canadian Journal of History. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Dangerous Alliances: Proponents of Peace, Weapons of War, by Patricia A. Weitsman. Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2004. x, 244 pp. $49.50 US (cloth).

Why do states ally? Patricia A. Weitsman is not the first scholar to address this important question. An entire chapter of political science theory revolves around this issue, whereas many historians have examined how military alliances have shaped history in times of war and in times of peace. On that matter, numerou...

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