The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1948-1957 : community or alliance? / John C. Milloy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milloy, John, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Atlantic Treaty Organization--History--20th century.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 272 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2006]

Summary:

During NATO's formative years, its leaders tried to create economic, social, and political roles for the organization in an effort to transform it into a community of nations. Using material from Canadian, American, French, and British archives, John Milloy analyses how and why NATO's leadership failed in their attempts to develop the organization's non-military potential.

Milloy challenges the view that creating greater unity among NATO members has been a uniquely Canadian preoccupation - other members, notably the United States and Britain, displayed a sincere interest as well - and suggests that Canadian actions sometimes impeded development in this direction. His analysis reveals that an important element in the failure was the lack of an agreed-upon definition for NATO's non-military potential. With NATO facing a post-9/11 relevancy crisis, Milloy shows that there are contemporary parallels to the inter-alliance struggles of the 1950s and that many of the early frustrations and obstacles still exist.

Contents:

1 Far More than an Alliance of the Old Kind? Article 2 and the Creation of NATO 9

2 NATO versus the OEEC: The Problem of Closer International Association in the Western World 35

3 Losing Sight of the Farther Horizon: The Committee on the North Atlantic Community and Its Aftermath, 1951-1957 67

4 Being Put in the Dock before the Council: Consultation in NATO, 1949-1954 97

5 Cooperating for Something Rather than against Something: The Committee of Three on Non-Military Cooperation, 1955-1956 131

6 The Limits of the Alliance: The Aftermath of the Wise Men Report, 1956-1957 165

Conclusion: An Alliance of the Old Kind 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-264) and index.

ISBN:

0773530428

0773530436

OCLC:

62087292