America's Allies and War Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq

by Davidson, Jason W.

• ISBN13: 9780230614826
• ISBN10: 0230614825
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Why do Britain, France, and Italy provide or refuse military support for U.S.-led uses of force? This book provides a unique, multiple-case study analysis of transatlantic burden-sharing. Sixty original interviews with top policymakers and analysts provide insight into allies' decisions regarding the Kosovo War (1999), Afghanistan (2001), and the Iraq War (2003). The cases show that neoclassical realist factors--alliance value, threat, prestige, and electoral politics--explain allies' decisions better than constructivist factors--identity and norms. The book briefly covers additional cases (Vietnam, Lebanon, the Persian Gulf War, Somalia) and concludes with recommendations for increasing future allied military support.

Author Biography

Jason W. Davidson is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Mary Washington. He is the author of The Origins of Revisionist and Status-quo States (2006), and his articles have appeared in scholarly journals such as Contemporary Security Policy, Nonproliferation Review, and Security Studies.

Table of Contents

Transatlantic Alliance Burden-sharing: Defining and Justifying the Question * A Neoclassical Realist Explanation of Transatlantic Alliance Burden-sharing * Vietnam, Lebanon, Persian Gulf, and Somalia * Kosovo * Afghanistan * Iraq * Improving Transatlantic Alliance Burden-sharing