How and Why States Defect from Contemporary Military Coalitions
This book identifies contemporary military coalition defections, builds a theoretical framework for understanding why coalition defection occurs and assesses its utility for both the scholarly and policy practitioner communities. Drawing upon the author’s
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Kathleen J. McInnis
How and Why States Defect from Contemporary Military Coalitions
Kathleen J. McInnis
How and Why States Defect from Contemporary Military Coalitions
Kathleen J. McInnis Congressional Research Service Washington, DC, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-78833-3 ISBN 978-3-319-78834-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78834-0 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: photo by Steve Stone / Getty Images Cover design: Emma J. Hardy This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
As Churchill famously observed, “There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them.” This quip provides two essential insights into coalition warfare. First, that most states will in most situations prefer not to go to war alone. Second, working in military coalitions brings a host of political and strategic challenges, the most important of which is to ensure your partners stay the course. So when and how do military coalitions unravel? Dr Kathleen McInnis is uniquely qualified to study this question. Between 2007 and 2009, she worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defence as a director of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Operations. Her team worked to ensure this military coalition held together and functioned as well as might be expected of a mission led by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). As she recounts, this was no easy job. Within NATO, there was considerable difference of opinion over the purpose of ISAF. German and Norwegian governments viewed the mission as a peacekeeping one, and hence their forces deployed in northern Afghanistan operated
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