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The Origins Of Alliances

Stephen M. Walt
Reviewed by Gregory F. Treverton
Spring 1988
The Origins Of Alliances
Stephen M. Walt
Cornell University Press
1987
322 pp.
$32.50
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This rare combination of theory and practice will appeal most to specialists, but it contains useful insights for the making of policy as well.

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