Olivier Schmitt is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration and a member of the Center for War Studies, both at the University of Southern Denmark. He is also a reserve officer in the French navy, the scientific director of the French Association for War and Strategic Studies (AEGES), the editor of Raymond Aron and International Relations, and has authored three books published in France.

• Illustrations Foreword by Jean-Baptiste Jeangene Vilmer Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Gulf Conflict: Junior Partners in a Major War 2. The Kosovo Intervention: Coercion by Coalition 3. The Iraq War (2003-9): Utility in Defeat 4. Afghanistan (2001-14) : Evolving Utility Conlcusion Appendixes 1. Applying the csQCA2. Dataset for the csQCA Bibliography Index About the Author

A significant addition to the growing field of military cooperation in international politics. The chapter on Afghanistan—based on more than 100 interviews with NATO policymakers—is especially impressive. With a cogent argument and meticulously researched, Allies That Count represents an important contribution to the study of coalition warfare, as well as a useful building block for future studies of alliance military effectiveness.

Olivier Schmitt is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration and a member of the Center for War Studies, both at the University of Southern Denmark. He is also a reserve officer in the French navy, the scientific director of the French Association for War and Strategic Studies (AEGES), the editor of Raymond Aron and International Relations, and has authored three books published in France.

• Illustrations Foreword by Jean-Baptiste Jeangene Vilmer Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Gulf Conflict: Junior Partners in a Major War 2. The Kosovo Intervention: Coercion by Coalition 3. The Iraq War (2003-9): Utility in Defeat 4. Afghanistan (2001-14) : Evolving Utility Conlcusion Appendixes 1. Applying the csQCA2. Dataset for the csQCA Bibliography Index About the Author

A significant addition to the growing field of military cooperation in international politics. The chapter on Afghanistan—based on more than 100 interviews with NATO policymakers—is especially impressive. With a cogent argument and meticulously researched, Allies That Count represents an important contribution to the study of coalition warfare, as well as a useful building block for future studies of alliance military effectiveness.

Olivier Schmitt is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration and a member of the Center for War Studies, both at the University of Southern Denmark. He is also a reserve officer in the French navy, the scientific director of the French Association for War and Strategic Studies (AEGES), the editor of Raymond Aron and International Relations, and has authored three books published in France.

• Illustrations Foreword by Jean-Baptiste Jeangene Vilmer Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Gulf Conflict: Junior Partners in a Major War 2. The Kosovo Intervention: Coercion by Coalition 3. The Iraq War (2003-9): Utility in Defeat 4. Afghanistan (2001-14) : Evolving Utility Conlcusion Appendixes 1. Applying the csQCA2. Dataset for the csQCA Bibliography Index About the Author

A significant addition to the growing field of military cooperation in international politics. The chapter on Afghanistan—based on more than 100 interviews with NATO policymakers—is especially impressive. With a cogent argument and meticulously researched, Allies That Count represents an important contribution to the study of coalition warfare, as well as a useful building block for future studies of alliance military effectiveness.