{"product_id":"united-we-stand-aaron-belkin-9780791463444","title":"United We Stand?: Divide-And-Conquer Politics and the Logic of International Hostility","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArgues that leaders sometimes promote international conflicts to keep their own military politically divided.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has long been assumed that leaders engage in international conflict to unify their followers-what is often called the \"rally 'round the flag\" hypothesis. Despite its intuitive appeal, however, this hypothesis does not always provide a compelling explanation of the relationship between domestic politics and international conflict. In \u003ci\u003eUnited We Stand?\u003c\/i\u003e Aaron Belkin shows that in one important realm, civil-military relations, leaders often prefer divisiveness over cohesion. When they feel domestically vulnerable, leaders use international conflict in order to create and exacerbate rivalries among their own military forces to lower the risk of a coup and to contribute to the consolidation and stability of the political order. Case studies include post-Soviet Georgia and Syria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Belkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791463443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791463444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.08w x 0.45d","brand":"Aaron Belkin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448948502783,"sku":"9780791463444","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_696b2a0a-4bc9-4aa7-b85b-2b603ee9e504.jpg?v=1777261305","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/united-we-stand-aaron-belkin-9780791463444","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}