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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... discussion of NATO's essence recalls the Indian fable about the king who asked a group of blind men to feel various parts of an elephant and describe the elephant on the basis of the part they had touched.3 Naturally , each blind man ...
... discussion of NATO's essence recalls the Indian fable about the king who asked a group of blind men to feel various parts of an elephant and describe the elephant on the basis of the part they had touched.3 Naturally , each blind man ...
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... discussion of NATO's fu- ture role . According to its classic definition , collective security is a system of in- terstate relations designed to maintain a balance of power and interests among the members that ensure peaceful ...
... discussion of NATO's fu- ture role . According to its classic definition , collective security is a system of in- terstate relations designed to maintain a balance of power and interests among the members that ensure peaceful ...
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... discussion of the Canadian role in shaping the treaty , see Sean Kay , NATO and the Future of European Security ( Lanham , Md .: Rowman & Littlefield , 1998 ) , 21–31 . 3. According to The Udana , or the Solemn Utterances of the Buddha ...
... discussion of the Canadian role in shaping the treaty , see Sean Kay , NATO and the Future of European Security ( Lanham , Md .: Rowman & Littlefield , 1998 ) , 21–31 . 3. According to The Udana , or the Solemn Utterances of the Buddha ...
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... discussion of German rearmament with the allies , believing that the political costs of such an initiative would be greater than the military benefits . Sec- retary of State Acheson " feared that any plans to associate Germany with the ...
... discussion of German rearmament with the allies , believing that the political costs of such an initiative would be greater than the military benefits . Sec- retary of State Acheson " feared that any plans to associate Germany with the ...
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... discussions was confirmed at a meeting of NATO foreign , defense , and finance ministers in Lis- bon , Portugal , in February 1952 . The Lisbon meeting is perhaps remembered best for the fact that it set force goals that remained ...
... discussions was confirmed at a meeting of NATO foreign , defense , and finance ministers in Lis- bon , Portugal , in February 1952 . The Lisbon meeting is perhaps remembered best for the fact that it set force goals that remained ...
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