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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... effort may make " Europe " a key military as well as political and economic player on the world stage . Even when that day comes , Europe will still benefit from a close transatlantic relationship . Until then , Europe will remain ...
... effort may make " Europe " a key military as well as political and economic player on the world stage . Even when that day comes , Europe will still benefit from a close transatlantic relationship . Until then , Europe will remain ...
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... efforts , presuming that the Europeans want the United States to remain involved in European security , which they apparently do . On the other hand , it could be argued that the habit of European security depen- dence on the United ...
... efforts , presuming that the Europeans want the United States to remain involved in European security , which they apparently do . On the other hand , it could be argued that the habit of European security depen- dence on the United ...
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... efforts enhance collective security and make it less likely that any NATO country will be attacked by any other European nation . But when the allies began preparing for NATO's post - Cold War enlargement , they made clear to potential ...
... efforts enhance collective security and make it less likely that any NATO country will be attacked by any other European nation . But when the allies began preparing for NATO's post - Cold War enlargement , they made clear to potential ...
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... effort , and the European cooperative arrangements would provide France a means of monitoring and controlling German power . The French preference was , first and foremost , to avoid German rearmament . France also opposed German entry ...
... effort , and the European cooperative arrangements would provide France a means of monitoring and controlling German power . The French preference was , first and foremost , to avoid German rearmament . France also opposed German entry ...
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... efforts in Europe as well as providing the crucial Atlantic frame- work for bringing German military forces into the Western defense against the So- viet Union . President Truman announced his decision to send a substantial number of ...
... efforts in Europe as well as providing the crucial Atlantic frame- work for bringing German military forces into the Western defense against the So- viet Union . President Truman announced his decision to send a substantial number of ...
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