The Uncertain Alliance

Download The Uncertain Alliance full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online The Uncertain Alliance ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

The Uncertain Alliance

Author : Herbert Druks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313002622
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Uncertain Alliance by : Herbert Druks

Download or read book The Uncertain Alliance written by Herbert Druks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-06-30 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical examination of American-Israeli relations from the last year of the Kennedy administration to the last year of Bill Clinton's tenure in office is a companion volume to Herbert Druks' previous book The Uncertain Friendship: The U.S. and Israel from Roosevelt to Kennedy. Based upon extensive research of archival sources and interviews of those who made this history happen, such as Harry S. Truman, Averell Harriman, Yitzhak Rabin, and Yitzhak Shamir, this study provides a challenging examination of key events and issues during the last three decades, including JFK and Israel's nuclear research, Johnson and the Six Day War, Kissinger-Nixon and the Yom Kippur War, the rescue at Entebbe, Begin's decision to liberate Lebanon from the PLO, Bush and Iraq, and the Land for Peace formula. In addition to this comprehensive narrative account, Druks does not shy away from the tougher questions that plague the history of the two nations. What was the nature of the friendship and alliance that Israel achieved with the United States? Did that friendship and alliance help sustain Israel's independence, or did it merely turn Israel into a vassal state of the American empire? Did Israel have another viable alternative? What may lie in store for the future of American-Israeli relations?

Enduring Alliance

Author : Timothy Andrews Sayle
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501735527
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Enduring Alliance by : Timothy Andrews Sayle

Download or read book Enduring Alliance written by Timothy Andrews Sayle and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born from necessity, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has always seemed on the verge of collapse. Even now, some seventy years after its inception, some consider its foundation uncertain and its structure weak. At this moment of incipient strategic crisis, Timothy A. Sayle offers a sweeping history of the most critical alliance in the post-World War II era. In Enduring Alliance, Sayle recounts how the western European powers, along with the United States and Canada, developed a treaty to prevent encroachments by the Soviet Union and to serve as a first defense in any future military conflict. As the growing and unruly hodgepodge of countries, councils, commands, and committees inflated NATO during the Cold War, Sayle shows that the work of executive leaders, high-level diplomats, and institutional functionaries within NATO kept the alliance alive and strong in the face of changing administrations, various crises, and the flux of geopolitical maneuverings. Resilience and flexibility have been the true hallmarks of NATO. As Enduring Alliance deftly shows, the history of NATO is organized around the balance of power, preponderant military forces, and plans for nuclear war. But it is also the history riven by generational change, the introduction of new approaches to conceiving international affairs, and the difficulty of diplomacy for democracies. As NATO celebrates its seventieth anniversary, the alliance once again faces challenges to its very existence even as it maintains its place firmly at the center of western hemisphere and global affairs.

An Uncertain Alliance

Author : Nicole Ciacchella
Publisher : Sweenix Rising Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis An Uncertain Alliance by : Nicole Ciacchella

Download or read book An Uncertain Alliance written by Nicole Ciacchella and published by Sweenix Rising Books. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 2 in the epic romantic fantasy novella series, The Forgotten Kingdom. Caya and Morgan are running out of time to save their kingdoms from Arnost. Lacking the numbers necessary to face him head-on, they launch a two-pronged assault: a sabotage mission to disrupt his supply lines, and a whisper campaign designed to provoke unrest. As determined as Caya is to stop him, when faced with the reality of having to fight against her own people, she finds her resolve wavering. But witnessing the devastation her army has wrought proves her people aren’t blameless, and grappling with how to punish those guilty of atrocities while also protecting the innocent is almost more than she can bear. Morgan wonders if bringing her on the mission was a mistake. Uncertain of whether he can trust her to do what must be done, he is forced to reckon with the fact that however much he has come to identify with her, he cannot let her stand in the way of his efforts to protect his own people.

Alliance Curse

Author : Hilton L. Root
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780815775560
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (755 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Alliance Curse by : Hilton L. Root

Download or read book Alliance Curse written by Hilton L. Root and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "American foreign policy needs a new playbook. Trapped in an outdated cold war mindset, Washington continues to forge alliances with dictators who do not share its values of freedom and democracy. America is once again backing authoritarian regimes that oppress their citizens and plunder resources - this time in the name of global stability and the war on terror. The unfortunate result is a legacy that engenders resentment and distrust among the developing world's populations." "In Alliance Curse, Hilton Root illustrates how misguided foreign aid policy can backfire, stunting rather than advancing political and economic development, and poisoning relations instead of capturing hearts and minds. Partnering with dictators can produce perverse disincentives for those regimes to govern for prosperity, resulting in corruption, economic failure, and instability. These policies contradict America's image as the champion of freedom and democracy, making the developing world even more wary of its intentions." "Root buttresses his analysis with real-world case studies, concluding with recommendations designed to close the gap between security and economic development. His work belies conventional wisdom that distinguishes between long-term global development and short-term U.S. security. Indeed, the long term is quite relevant, he argues, and to overlook that fact would be a tragic mistake."--BOOK JACKET.

Western Europe and the United States

Author : Michael Smith
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780043270714
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (77 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Western Europe and the United States by : Michael Smith

Download or read book Western Europe and the United States written by Michael Smith and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Design of Alliance Governance Systems

Author : Sascha Albers
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3658247118
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (582 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Design of Alliance Governance Systems by : Sascha Albers

Download or read book The Design of Alliance Governance Systems written by Sascha Albers and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategic alliances have emerged as an important element of firms' strategies. Following suit, research on alliances has blossomed, concentrating on the various forms alliances take, the reasons of their existence, and increasingly embracing questions of alliance management and governance tasks. However, most contributions which address the alliance governance problem are yet rather vague and selective in their conception of alliance governance structures as well as the factors which influence their suitability. The aim of this book is to further advance our understanding of alliance governance and to provide recommendations on the problem of alliance governance design. Following the configurational approach, Sascha Albers develops a comprehensive model of alliance governance systems. He identifies relevant structural and instrumental design parameters and analyzes major contingency factors, including member firms' cultures and alliance experience, number of alliance partners, and trust, which impact the design parameters' suitability. He finally deducts five configurations, or ideal types, of alliance governance systems which can be regarded as blueprints for the practitioner and as platform for further research for the alliance scholar. Potential readership includes scholars of strategic management and organization theory, interested students in these areas as well as practitioners involved in formulating and implementing alliance strategies.

Saudi Arabia on the Edge

Author : Thomas W. Lippman
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597978760
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (979 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Saudi Arabia on the Edge by : Thomas W. Lippman

Download or read book Saudi Arabia on the Edge written by Thomas W. Lippman and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the countries in the world that are vital to the strategic and economic interests of the United States, Saudi Arabia is the least understood by the American people. Saudi Arabia's unique place in Islam makes it indispensable to a constructive relationship between the non-Muslim West and the Muslim world. For all its wealth, the country faces daunting challenges that it lacks the tools to meet: a restless and young population, a new generation of educated women demanding opportunities in a closed society, political stagnation under an octogenarian leadership, religious extremism and intellectual backwardness, social division, chronic unemployment, shortages of food and water, and troublesome neighbors. Today's Saudi people, far better informed than all previous generations, are looking for new political institutions that will enable them to be heard, but these aspirations conflict with the kingdom's strict traditions and with the House of Saud's determination to retain all true power. Meanwhile, the country wishes to remain under the protection of American security but still clings to a system that is antithetical to American values. Basing his work on extensive interviews and field research conducted in the kingdom from 2008 through 2011 under the auspices of the Council on Foreign Relations, Thomas W. Lippman dissects this central Saudi paradox for American readers, including diplomats, policymakers, scholars, and students of foreign policy.

Uncertain Alliance

Author : Mary Davis
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781597899017
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (99 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Uncertain Alliance by : Mary Davis

Download or read book Uncertain Alliance written by Mary Davis and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice can't trust another man. Alice Dempsey's husband squandered the family's money. When he died, he left her destitute and solely responsible for her aging grandfather, younger brother, and toddler son. Debt forces the family to move to a Seattle tenement. When Alice is fired from her job, she becomes desperate. Will she and her family end up on the streets? Ian MacGregor has loved Alice from afar for months, but he can't get past the wall of formality she has built around herself. When he learns of her job loss, he offers her employment in his pharmacy. She turns him down, suspicious of his motives. But when her younger brother gets into serious trouble and Ian is the only one who can help, Alice warily

M&A Versus Alliances: The Impact of Partner-specific Alliance Experience on Governance Choice

Author : Julia Frehse
Publisher : Diplomica Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3842868642
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (428 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis M&A Versus Alliances: The Impact of Partner-specific Alliance Experience on Governance Choice by : Julia Frehse

Download or read book M&A Versus Alliances: The Impact of Partner-specific Alliance Experience on Governance Choice written by Julia Frehse and published by Diplomica Verlag. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When companies decide upon a strategy to achieve and sustain growth, they can choose between different options to reach this goal. If external growth is chosen, alliances and acquisitions are typically considered alternative governance structures that involve cooperative efforts on the inter-organizational level. Despite this similarity, each of the two governance types has its own strengths and weaknesses: alliances are based on contracts and offer the firm a substantial level of flexibility while acquisitions are ownership-based and imply a higher degree of commitment but also control. In the course of the governance decision, tradeoffs have to be made between flexibility and control. The challenge managers have to decide, which of the two governance modes suits a specific situation best and will achieve superior results for the company. Prior research shows that a company?s history in inter-organizational governance influences its future governance choices. Firms that have cooperated in an alliance in the past make different governance choices than firms who lack this experience. In general, companies tend to choose governance modes they are already familiar with for future transactions. In addition, whether the partner firms know each other and have worked together before also influences the choice between alliances and acquisitions. This book lays its focus on situations, where companies have allied in the past and are now deciding upon the appropriate governance form for yet another cooperation. Situations where no alliance experience exists and governance choices other than alliances and acquisitions are not considered here. For academics as well as practitioners, it is then of major interest to identify exactly how knowing the target firm from past alliances affects the decision between alliances and acquisitions. However, prior research on the influence of partner-specific alliance experience on governance choice yields mixed results. While it has been proven repeatedly that prior alliance experience with a partner influences the governance choice decision, research has reached a dead end concerning the direction of this effect. The purpose of this research is to contribute to the conversation concerning the effect of partner-specific alliance experience on the choice between alliances and acquisitions and help to close the literature gap by investigating the exact circumstances under which each effects prevails. Financial capacity, market uncertainty and rivalry are chosen as promising moderating variables that are expected to interact with the effect of prior ties and foster the choice for an alliance or an acquisition in a particular situation.

The Uncertain Alliance

Author : Alexis U. Floridi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780933074231
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (742 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Uncertain Alliance by : Alexis U. Floridi

Download or read book The Uncertain Alliance written by Alexis U. Floridi and published by . This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Uncertain Partners

Author : Serge? Nikolaevich Goncharov
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804721158
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (211 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Uncertain Partners by : Serge? Nikolaevich Goncharov

Download or read book Uncertain Partners written by Serge? Nikolaevich Goncharov and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using major new sources, including cables between Mao and Stalin and interviews with key actors, this book tells the inside story of the Sino-Soviet alliance and the origins of the Korean War.

The Long Alliance

Author : Gabriel Debenedetti
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1250829984
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Long Alliance by : Gabriel Debenedetti

Download or read book The Long Alliance written by Gabriel Debenedetti and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Magazine national correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti reveals an inside look at the historically close, complicated, occasionally co-dependent, and at-times uncertain relationship between Joe Biden and Barack Obama. Delving far deeper than the simplistic “bromance” narrative that’s long held the public eye, The Long Alliance reveals the past, present, and future of the unusual partnership, detailing its development, its twists and turns, its ruptures and reunions, and its path to this pivotal moment for each man’s legacy. The true story of this relationship, from 2003 into 2022, is significantly more layered and consequential than is widely understood. The original mismatch between the veteran Washington traditionalist and the once-in-a-generation outsider has transformed repeatedly in ways that have molded not just four different presidential campaigns and two different political parties, but also wars, a devastating near-depression, movements for social equality, and the fight for the future of American democracy. The bond between them has been, at various times over the past two decades, tense, affectionate, nonexistent, and ironclad — but it has always been surprising. Now it is shaping a second presidential administration, and the future of the world as we know it.

Alliance Formation in Civil Wars

Author : Fotini Christia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139851756
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (398 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Alliance Formation in Civil Wars by : Fotini Christia

Download or read book Alliance Formation in Civil Wars written by Fotini Christia and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the most brutal and long-lasting civil wars of our time involve the rapid formation and disintegration of alliances among warring groups, as well as fractionalization within them. It would be natural to suppose that warring groups form alliances based on shared identity considerations - such as Christian groups allying with Christian groups - but this is not what we see. Two groups that identify themselves as bitter foes one day, on the basis of some identity narrative, might be allies the next day and vice versa. Nor is any group, however homogeneous, safe from internal fractionalization. Rather, looking closely at the civil wars in Afghanistan and Bosnia and testing against the broader universe of fifty-three cases of multiparty civil wars, Fotini Christia finds that the relative power distribution between and within various warring groups is the primary driving force behind alliance formation, alliance changes, group splits and internal group takeovers.

Revolution and War

Author : Stephen M. Walt
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801470013
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Revolution and War by : Stephen M. Walt

Download or read book Revolution and War written by Stephen M. Walt and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-09 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revolution within a state almost invariably leads to intense security competition between states, and often to war. In Revolution and War, Stephen M. Walt explains why this is so, and suggests how the risk of conflicts brought on by domestic upheaval might be reduced in the future. In doing so, he explores one of the basic questions of international relations: What are the connections between domestic politics and foreign policy? Walt begins by exposing the flaws in existing theories about the relationship between revolution and war. Drawing on the theoretical literature about revolution and the realist perspective on international politics, he argues that revolutions cause wars by altering the balance of threats between a revolutionary state and its rivals. Each state sees the other as both a looming danger and a vulnerable adversary, making war seem both necessary and attractive. Walt traces the dynamics of this argument through detailed studies of the French, Russian, and Iranian revolutions, and through briefer treatment of the American, Mexican, Turkish, and Chinese cases. He also considers the experience of the Soviet Union, whose revolutionary transformation led to conflict within the former Soviet empire but not with the outside world. An important refinement of realist approaches to international politics, this book unites the study of revolution with scholarship on the causes of war.

The Alliance Revolution

Author : Benjamin Gomes-Casseres
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674016477
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (164 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Alliance Revolution by : Benjamin Gomes-Casseres

Download or read book The Alliance Revolution written by Benjamin Gomes-Casseres and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than we ever anticipated, alliances among firms are changing the way business is conducted, particularly in the global, high-technology sector. The reasons are clear: companies must increasingly pool their capabilities to succeed in ever more complex and rapidly changing businesses. But the consequences for managers and for the economy have so far been underestimated. In this new book, Benjamin Gomes-Casseres presents the first in-depth account of the new world of business alliances and shows how collaboration has become part of the very fabric of modern competition. Alliances, he argues, create new units of competition that do battle with one another and with traditional single firms. The flexible capabilities of these multi-firm constellations give them advantages over single firms in certain contexts, offsetting the advantage of a single firm's unified control. When managed effectively, alliances can strengthen a firm's competitive advantage and narrow the gap between leading firms and second-tier players. This often results in intensified rivalry, and the competition within an industry is transformed. Alliances often spread swiftly through an industry as firms jockey for advantage. Yet the very spread of alliances increases their costs and poses new limits on their use. Gomes-Casseres concludes that firms need to manage their constellations to enhance collaboration within their groups, while raising what he calls "barriers to collaboration" for rivals. These ideas are developed and illustrated through original case studies of alliances among U.S., Japanese, and European firms in electronics and computers, including Xerox, IBM, and Fujitsu as well as other small and large companies. The book should be of interest to business academics, managers, and general readers concerned with contemporary capitalism.

Alliance Advantage

Author : Yves L. Doz
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 9780875846163
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (461 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Alliance Advantage by : Yves L. Doz

Download or read book Alliance Advantage written by Yves L. Doz and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a decade of reeningeering and downsizing, many companies are leaner, more efficient, and acutely focused on their core business. Yet today's growth opportunities in global markets and new technologies demand a wider range of skills. More and more, firms must turn to alliances-often with their rivals-to meld the right resources for pursuing new opportunities. However, few managers are accustomed to working with undefined boundaries between collaboration and competition, with the need to combine unfamiliar skills, with networks of interdependent alliances, and with complex value creation strategies. Nor has their experience with traditional joint ventures prepared them for this world of intricate alliance webs. Alliance Advantage aims to help today's managers and their companies be more successful in their efforts to create, guide, and thrive with alliance strategies. Most conventional wisdom about alliances has focused on the formal design of bilateral alliances, devoting too little attention to the strategic underpinnings and too little commitment to building relationships. With Alliance Advantage, strategy experts Yves Doz and Gary Hamel convincingly argue that it is the strength of alliance strategies and the frequently overlooked internal processes that play the decisive role in shaping eventual outcomes. In a fundamentally new perspective on the way alliances are formed and managed, the authors reveal the analysis, processes, and partner interactions that enable allies to meet their strategic goals. Drawing on principles of strategy, organizational design, organizational learning, and collaborative management, this is the definitive resource for both understanding and leveraging the powerful advantages of alliances. Alliance Advantage provides both conceptual and practical tools for analyzing the design and performance of alliances. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive guide that will help managers build new collaborations and improve existing ones. Each chapter examines a different aspect of an alliance, from selecting the right partners to minimizing conflicts to determining further commitments. Companies such as Xerox, Boeing, Honda, and Corning, among others, provide examples of successful and unsuccessful partnerships, painting a vivid picture of the conditions that can make or break an alliance. Successful alliances, say Doz and Hamel, require constant attention. With Alliance Advantage, they offer today's best opportunity to study, understand, and increase the effectiveness of strategic alliances.

Unwinding Alliance Ecosystem

Author : Saurabh Bisht
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (96 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Unwinding Alliance Ecosystem by : Saurabh Bisht

Download or read book Unwinding Alliance Ecosystem written by Saurabh Bisht and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2023-08-19 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unwinding Alliance Ecosystem" is the ultimate guidebook for professionals seeking to excel in global alliance management. Authored by seasoned professional Saurabh Bisht, this comprehensive resource condenses industry best practices and provides actionable insights to navigate the challenges and opportunities of building and managing win-win strategic partnerships. Whether you're a new professional or an experienced manager, this book covers all aspects of global alliance management, including identifying potential alliance partners, negotiating effective agreements, managing relationships, and measuring success. Invest in your success and get your copy of "Unwinding Alliance Ecosystem" today. Discover the exciting world of global alliance management and unlock the secrets to creating and managing successful partnerships that create value for all parties involved!