Thalakada argues that the principal purpose of US alliances have shifted since the end of the Cold War from containing communist expansionism (balance of power) to preserving and exercising US power (management of power).He also looks across all US alliances highlighting the trend from regionally-based to more globally-active alliances. | Unipolarity and the Evolution of America's Cold War Alliances by Nigel Thalakada, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters