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Description

1. xxviii, 287 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm.

Summary

1. The decision to use a military intervention to achieve a political goal is inherently risky. To offset some of these risks, states sometimes seek to build coalitions made up of partner states that have similar objectives. This report uses quantitative analysis and a series of qualitative case studies to identify and describe factors that seem to be associated with U.S. decisions to use coalitions for military interventions, factors that drive partner states to join such coalitions, and factors that shape the success of military coalitions. The findings indicate that the United States relies on coalitions when operational demands are high and to build international legitimacy for military action. Partner states are most likely to join U.S. coalitions when they have close ties with the United States, when the precipitating crisis is in their home region, when they seek to advance their international standing, and when the coalition has support from an intergovernmental organization. As the United States faces more significant threats from near peer competitors, it may need to rely on partners more heavily and can leverage the insights in this report to construct strong and durable coalitions.

Series statement

1. Research report ; RR-A859-1

Uniform title

1. Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-A859-1.

Subject

1. Combined operations (Military science) -- Evaluation
2. Military policy -- Evaluation
3. United States -- Military policy -- Evaluation
4. United States

Contents

1. Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Learning from Past Research on Coalition Interventions -- Chapter Three: Data and Methodology -- Chapter Four: When Does the United States Use Coalitions? -- Chapter Five: Coalition Partners: Who Joins and Why? -- Chapter Six: What Makes Coalition Interventions Successful? -- Chapter Seven: Conclusions -- Appendix A: Codebook for the RAND U.S. Coalition Intervention Dataset -- Appendix B: Lists of U.S. Coalition and Noncoalition Military Interventions (1946-2018) -- Appendix C: Technical Appendix.

Call number

1. JFF 22-52

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Author

1. Kavanagh, Jennifer, author.

Title

1. Building military coalitions : lessons from U.S. experience / Jennifer Kavanagh [and 7 others].

Publisher

1. Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2021]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Research report ; RR-A859-1
2. Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-A859-1.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN

1. 1977406564 (paperback)
2. 9781977406569 (paperback)

Research call number

1. JFF 22-52