Benson, Brett V.

Constructing international security : alliances, deterrence, and moral hazard / Brett V.Benson - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - xiii, 207 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Understanding the design of security commitments; 2. A typology of third-party commitments; 3. Time consistency and entrapment; 4. Evidence of moral hazard in military alliances; 5. A theory of commitment design; 6. Testing the implications for alliance design; 7. Deterrent commitments in East Asia; 8. Constructing security in today's world.


9781107658196


Political science.
International Relations.

355.031 / BEN