The North Atlantic Treaty Organization : the enduring alliance / Julian Lindley-French.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindley-French, Julian.

Series:

Global institutions series

Routledge global institutions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

xvii, 152 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Summary:

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization provides an incisive analysis of the Atlantic Alliance and clearly outlines all of NATO's key facets to deliver an authoritative account. Detailing the origins, structure, workings and activities of this institution, the volume examines the past of the Alliance to put NATO's future in context as the institutional basis for the security dimension of the transatlantic relationship, and as an institution vital to global security. The book is divided into three sections: Cold War NATO, Strategic Vacation, New Age NATO.

Commencing with the impact of 11 September 2001 on the Alliance, the reader is taken through NATO's story to demonstrate the political robustness of an alliance continually in political crisis, from its foundation in 1949, as the threat posed by the Soviet Union waxed and waned, through to the difficulties caused by NATO's lack of political cohesion. Having established the timeline, the book provides a snapshot of NATO today, its members, structure and mission and the new tasks for which it must prepare. The book concludes by considering the challenges the Alliance must face as it prepares for the big security dilemmas of the twenty-first century, the differences in both strategy and power of Americans and Europeans, and the contrast between yesterday's NATO and today's. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is essential reading for all students of politics and international relations and will be of interest to all readers who wish to acquire an excellent understanding of this key force in world affairs.

Contents:

1 A World Gone Mad: 9/11 and Iraq 7

2 Facing the Enemy 20

3 Coping with the Allies 39

4 Strategic Vacation 57

5 The Search for a New Strategic Consensus 64

6 NATO Today 87

7 The Past, Present and Future of NATO 106.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [137]-142) and index.

ISBN:

0415398916

0415358809

0415358795

OCLC:

67773957

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