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Does Chain-ganging cause the outbreak of war? / Tierney, Dominic   Journal Article
Tierney, Dominic Journal Article
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Publication 2011.
Summary/Abstract Realists have argued that fears over the defection or defeat of an ally can draw states into wars against their broader interests ("chain-ganging"). However, the logic underpinning chain-ganging theory is flawed, and the paradigmatic case-World War I-is not an instance of chain-ganging causing the outbreak of war. The paper draws on recent literatures on alliance restraint and the origins of World War I to provide the first extensive critique of chain-ganging theory, examines the impact on chain-ganging of a number of factors including power and interests, and suggests policy implications for an emerging multipolar system.
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Multipolarity, perceptions, and the tragedy of 1914 / Christensen, Thomas J; Snyder, Jack L   Journal Article
Christensen, Thomas J Journal Article
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Publication 2011.
Summary/Abstract In "Does Chain-Ganging Cause the Outbreak of War," Dominic Tierney critiques our work on alliance politics in Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. Tierney incorrectly ascribes to us a theory about the outbreak of conflict based on a "chain-ganging theory" in which war occurs because states become so tightly tied to their allies that they lose volition and find themselves in conflicts not of their own choosing. In fact, we do not try to explain the origins of war, but instead explain why wars in Europe escalated to a continent-wide scale. Here we briefly restate our argument and demonstrate how Tierney misconstrues it. We also show how some of the factors that we discuss in our original work are useful for assessing Tierney's claim that the causes of conflict and alliance dynamics hinge on whether states are hawks or doves.
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