Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Frenemy Alliances: What Are They, and When Are They Likely to Occur? 13
6. 2. An Unrealized Frenemy Alliance: Britain’s and France’s Failure to Ally with the Soviet Union, 1933–39 69
7. 3. A Tipping-Point Frenemy Alliance: The Delay in the Formation of the Sino-American Alliance against the Soviet Union, 1972–79 122
8. 4. A Breaking-Point Frenemy Alliance: The Ending of the Turkish-Israeli Alliance, 2009–10 160
9. Conclusion 198
10. Appendixes
11. A. Summary of the Relationships between Configurations of Ideological Distances and the Likelihood of Frenemy Alliances 223
12. B. Examples of Realized and Unrealized Frenemy Alliances by Ideological Configuration 231
13. C. Frenemy Allies of the United States, 1946–90 235
14. D. Formal Frenemy Allies of the United States, 1947–89 237
15. E. Formal Frenemy Allies of the Soviet Union, 1947–89 239
16. F. Frenemy Alliances Involving the Superpowers in the Middle East, 1955–79 241
17. Notes 243
18. Index 285