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NATO and the transatlantic alliance in the 21st century : the twenty-year crisis / Geoffrey Lee Williams and Barkley Jared Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Geoffrey Lee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- Security, International.
- World politics--1989-.
- World politics.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 250 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.
- Summary:
- This book examines the nature of international politics in the 20th century. It encapsulates those essential features likely to be present in the 21st century. One important feature is the friction generated by nation states attempting to coexist in a still largely unequal and hierarchical system. The possible impact of three powerful, simultaneous, and intersecting revolutions on international relations and the future of NATO is assessed in relation to the 21st century.
- Contents:
- Introduction and Prologue: The End of Total War? 1
- 1 The Art of Defence Planning 15
- 2 The European Defence and Security Debate: the Last Fifty Years 28
- 3 The Origins and Development of Atlanticism 49
- 4 Neo-Atlanticism: Renewing the Relationship 61
- 5 The Decline of the Western European Union 69
- 6 NATO's Expansion: the End or the Beginning of Collective Defence? 80
- 7 Collective Security or Collective Defence? 87
- 8 NATO: the Driving Forces and Predetermined Elements 97
- 9 NATO: post-Gaullist Realism and the Reality of Alliance 108
- 10 French Defence Firms in Transition 118
- 11 Britain's Defence Diversification Dilemma 129
- 12 Germany's Unique Opportunity: Converting a Two-headed Monster 142
- 13 The US President and Defence Priorities 152
- 14 Leadership for Defence Transition? 160
- 15 Peace Advocates and Trade Unions: Defence Restructuring's Unlikely Alliance 164
- 16 Defending Conversion in Congress during the Clinton-Gore Administration 177
- 17 The Future of International Terrorism: the Scourge of the 21st Century? 187
- 18 Conclusions: Towards a Multipolar and Multi-Nuclear World 199.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-241) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0333657640
- OCLC:
- 45364051
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