02203nam a22003138a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002300224082001700247100003100264245012500295264005200420300005900472336002600531337002600557338003600583500007300619520106300692650002801755776003501783856007101818CR9781139225694UkCbUP20180107143410.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||111216s2012||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139225694 (ebook)  z9781107027244 (hardback)  z9781107658196 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aJZ5588 b.B46 201200a355/.0312231 aBenson, Brett V.,eauthor.10aConstructing International Security :bAlliances, Deterrence, and Moral Hazard / [electronic resource]cBrett V. Benson. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2012.  a1 online resource (216 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aConstructing International Security helps policy makers and students recognize effective third-party strategies for balancing deterrence and restraint in security relationships. Brett V. Benson shows that there are systematic differences among types of security commitments. Understanding these commitments is key, because commitments, such as formal military alliances and extended deterrence threats, form the basis of international security order. Benson argues that sometimes the optimal commitment conditions military assistance on specific hostile actions the adversary might take. At other times, he finds, it is best to be ambiguous by leaving an ally and adversary uncertain about whether the third party will intervene. Such uncertainty transfers risk to the ally, thereby reducing the ally's motivation to behave too aggressively. The choice of security commitment depends on how well defenders can observe hostilities leading to war and on their evaluations of dispute settlements, their ally's security and the relative strength of the defender. 0aSecurity, International08iPrint version: z978110702724440uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139225694zCambridge Books Online