| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
01586cam a22002654a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9780230368132 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng. |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
327.73 |
| Item number |
THA-U |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Thalakada, Nigel. |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Unipolarity and the evolution of America's Cold War alliances / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Nigel R. Thalakada. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : |
| -- |
New York : |
| Name of publisher |
Palgrave Macmillan, |
| Year of publication |
2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
x, 198p. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction: the purpose of alliances; the end of the Cold War and the changing nature of alliances -- Management-of-power -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- The United States-Japan alliance -- The United States-South Korea alliance -- The Australia-New Zealand-United States alliance. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Thalakada argues that the principal purpose of US alliances have shifted since the end of the Cold War from containing communist expansionism (balance of power) to preserving and exercising US power (management of power).He also looks across all US alliances highlighting the trend from regionally-based to more globally-active alliances. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
English. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Alliances |
| General subdivision |
History |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Alliances |
| General subdivision |
History |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Balance of power |
| General subdivision |
History |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Unipolarity (International relations) |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1608/2012011345-d.html |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1608/2012011345-t.html |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1622/2012011345-b.html |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
Books |
