NATO, the European Union, and the Atlantic Community: The Transatlantic Bargain ChallengedRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005 M07 28 - 352 pages Now fully revised and updated, this accessible and astute text provides a full interpretive history of the transatlantic alliance and explores critical developments in U.S.-European relations. The first edition highlighted the dangers that U.S. foreign-policy unilateralism could pose for the relationship, a trend that has only intensified over the past few years. Stanley R. Sloan documents and analyzes the substantial ongoing record of U.S. unilateralism and its consequences as the transatlantic and intra-European debate over Iraq produced deep splits among the allies and seriously eroded European trust in U.S. leadership. Ironically, at the same time, the United States and Europe have made historic choices concerning NATO's future, not only continuing the process of enlarging alliance membership but also expanding the concept of NATO's missions to include peacekeeping and enforcement without geographic limitation. Sloan also enlarges on his ideas for a new Euro-Atlantic pact, a call that has now been echoing in both European and American quarters. Assessing both the good and bad news for the alliance, this book remains a central text for college and university courses on U.S.-European relations and transatlantic security issues and thought-provoking reading for all citizens concerned about future US foreign policy and Europe's role in it. |
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... President Harry Truman's administration in the late 1940s , ensured a solid foun- dation for US participation in the transatlantic bargain . But it also guaranteed that senators and representatives would , for the life of the deal ...
... President Harry Truman's administration in the late 1940s , ensured a solid foun- dation for US participation in the transatlantic bargain . But it also guaranteed that senators and representatives would , for the life of the deal ...
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... President Franklin D. Roosevelt was particularly sensitive to fact that President Woodrow Wilson's failure at the end of World War I to engage the United States in the League of Nations had been a contributing factor to the rise of ...
... President Franklin D. Roosevelt was particularly sensitive to fact that President Woodrow Wilson's failure at the end of World War I to engage the United States in the League of Nations had been a contributing factor to the rise of ...
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... President Truman , coinci- dent with the Brussels Treaty signing , told a special joint session of Congress that he was " sure the determination of the free countries of Europe to protect them- selves will be matched by an equal ...
... President Truman , coinci- dent with the Brussels Treaty signing , told a special joint session of Congress that he was " sure the determination of the free countries of Europe to protect them- selves will be matched by an equal ...
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... President Truman had appointed General Dwight D. Eisenhower as supreme commander and that the number of US forces in Europe would be increased in the near future . According to Timothy Ireland's study of this period , the compromise ...
... President Truman had appointed General Dwight D. Eisenhower as supreme commander and that the number of US forces in Europe would be increased in the near future . According to Timothy Ireland's study of this period , the compromise ...
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... president could , without congressional authorization , deploy American troops overseas - the “ war powers " question that later returned to prominence with the Vietnam War and has remained a sticking point between subsequent US ...
... president could , without congressional authorization , deploy American troops overseas - the “ war powers " question that later returned to prominence with the Vietnam War and has remained a sticking point between subsequent US ...
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