1[1]George Liska,Nations in Alliance:the Limits of Interdependence (Baltimore:Johns Hopkins Press,1968),4.
2[2]See Arnold Wolfers,"Alliances," in David L.Sills(eds.),International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences (New York:Macmillan,1968),268-269.
3[3]Warren F.Kimball,"Alliances,Coalitions,and Ententes",in Alexander DeConde(eds.),Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy (Charles Scribner's Sons,1978),1-2.
4[4]Stephen M.Walt,The Origins of Alliances(Ithaca:Cornell University Press,1987),12.
5[6]Statistics found at www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/news/20030327-10.html.
7[9]Stephen M.Walt,The Origins of Alliances (Ithaca:Cornell University Press,1987),21-26.
8[13]Richard G.Lugar,"A New Partnership for the Greater Middle East:Combating Terrorism,Building Peace",The Brooking Institution,Washington,D.C.
9[14]See Kenneth N.Waltz,"The Emerging Structure of International Politics," in Michael E.Brown et al.(eds.),The Perils of Anarchy:Contemporary Realism and International Security
