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100	1		_aThalakada, Nigel. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aUnipolarity and the evolution of America's Cold War alliances / _cNigel R. Thalakada.
260			_aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : _aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2012.
300			_ax, 198p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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			_aThalakada 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			_aEnglish.
650		0	_aAlliances _xHistory
650		0	_aAlliances _xHistory
650		0	_aBalance of power _xHistory
650		0	_aUnipolarity (International relations)
856	4	2	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1608/2012011345-d.html
856	4	1	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1608/2012011345-t.html
856	4	2	_uhttps://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1622/2012011345-b.html
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