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Definition of Alliances
1. alliance [n] - See also: alliance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alliances
Literary usage of Alliances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"There are three chief classes of political alliances: alliances of blood alliances
of ideas or principles, and alliances of interest. ..."
2. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"All three may be alliances, either general alliances, in which case the allies
are united against any possible enemy whatever, or particular alliances ..."
3. International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace by Henry Wager Halleck (1861)
"Some alliances are both offensive and defensive; others are only defensive; but
there is seldom ... The character of such alliances is discussed elsewhere. ..."
4. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty (1883)
"But great circumspection is to be used in forming snch alliances. Engagements by
which a nation may be drawn into a war at a moment when she least expects ..."
5. The Law of Nations; Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel (1863)
"Some alliances are both offensive and defensive ; and there seldom is an ...
But it is very usual for alliances to be j 324 ] purely defensive: and these ..."
6. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the by Emmerich de Vattell, Emer de Vattel (1797)
"... all their alliances and treaties fall to the ground with the public power that
had ... and rendering their alliances durable. ..."
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