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100 1 $aLegro, Jeffrey.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92004940
245 10 $aCooperation under fire :$bAnglo-German restraint during World War II /$cJeffrey W. Legro.
260 $aIthaca :$bCornell University Press,$c1995.
263 $a9501
300 $axii, 255 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aCornell studies in security affairs
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Theories of Cooperation. Three Perspectives. The Method -- 2. Submarine Warfare. The Unleashing of the U-Boat. The Restraint of His Majesty's Submarines. American Escalation under the Pacific -- 3. Strategic Bombing. The Air Artillery of the Third Reich. Britain's Promiscuous Bombing -- 4. Chemical Warfare. The British Way of Chemical Warfare. A Typically German Weapon. The Silence of Soviet Chemical Warfare -- 5. Explaining Cooperation. An Explanation. A Conceptual Synthesis. Theoretical Implications -- Epilogue: The Future of Restraint -- Appendix: The Laws and Rules of Warfare.
520 $aWhy do nations cooperate even as they try to destroy each other? Jeffrey Legro explores this question in the context of World War II, the "total" war that in fact wasn't. During the war, combatant states attempted to sustain agreements limiting the use of three forms of combat considered barbarous - submarine attacks against civilian ships, strategic bombing of civilian targets, and chemical warfare.
520 8 $aLooking at how these restraints worked or failed to work between such fierce enemies as Hitler's Third Reich and Churchill's Britain, Legro offers a new understanding of the dynamics of World War II and the sources of international cooperation.
520 8 $aWhile traditional explanations of cooperation focus on the relations between actors, Cooperation under Fire examines what warring nations seek and why they seek it - the "preference formation" that undergirds international interaction. Scholars and statesmen debate whether it is the balance of power or the influence of international norms that most directly shapes foreign policy goals.
520 8 $aCritically assessing both explanations, Legro argues that it was, rather, the organizational cultures of military bureaucracies - their beliefs and customs in waging war - that decided national priorities for limiting the use of force in World War II.
520 8 $aDrawing on documents from Germany, Britain, the United States, and the former Soviet Union, Legro provides a compelling account of how military cultures molded state preferences and affected the success of cooperation. In its clear and cogent analysis, this book has significant implications for the theory and practice of international relations.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zGermany.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113355
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zGreat Britain.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xMilitary relations$zGermany.
651 0 $aGermany$xMilitary relations$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aCooperation$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCooperation$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aInternational cooperation.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067385
650 0 $aLimited war.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077039
830 0 $aCornell studies in security affairs.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83745343
852 00 $bglx$hD757$i.L39 1995