Katja Weber is Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

• List of Tables and Figures Preface Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Developing the Transaction Costs ModelChapter 3 Wartime Alliances during the Final Years of the Napoleonic WarsChapter 4 Security Arrangements Following Napoleon's AbdicationChapter 5 In Search of Security via NATOChapter 6 The European Defense Community (EDC)Chapter 7 Conclusion: Transaction Costs and a Theory of IntegrationNotes Bibliography Index

"Weber identifies an important puzzle and draws convincingly on theories of transaction costs to specify rigorous answers to this puzzle. This book makes a contribution to theoretical and empirical studies of international institutions and organizations. It also turns our attention to an aspect of alliances that is typically neglected." — Lisa Martin, Harvard University"Important, original, and strong scholarship." — Andrew Moravcsik, author of The Choice for Europe: Social Purpose and State Power from Messina to Maastricht