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Why do states join ad hoc military coalitions? What motivated South Korea to contribute significantly to the Iraq War "coalition of the willing," while such steadfast allies as Turkey and Germany resisted US pressure to become burden-sharing partners? Drawing on his extensive examination of South Korean, German, and Turkish politics in the approach to and during the Iraq War, Daniel Baltrusaitis offers in-depth analysis of how domestic political dynamics critically influence a state’s level of material and diplomatic support to "coalitions of choice." About the Author: Daniel F. Baltrusaitis is assistant professor of international security studies at the US Air War College. His analysis of US Air Force doctrine in Centralized Control with Decentralized Execution: Never Divide the Fleet received the Douhet-Mithchell Award for visionary research. Table of Contents Untangling the Puzzle of Coalition Burden Sharing South Korea: Between Iraq and a Nuclear Crisis Germany: Non-coalition, but Cooperating Turkey: Involuntary Defection and Eventual Rapprochement Putting the Pieces Together.