@article{841108, recid = {841108}, author = {Christia, Fotini.}, title = {Alliance formation in civil wars [electronic resource] /}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press,}, address = {Cambridge :}, pages = {xvi, 343 p. :}, year = {2012}, abstract = {"This book argues that relative power balances, rather than shared identities, explain why combatant groups in the Afghan civil wars constantly aligned with and double-crossed each other, and develops a theory on alliance formation and group fractionalization in multiparty civil wars"--}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/841108}, }