Defense of the West : transatlantic security from Truman to Trump / Stanley R. Sloan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sloan, Stanley R., author.

Series:

Manchester University Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Security, International.

Europe--Foreign relations--United States.

Europe.

United States--Foreign relations--Europe.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([xvii], 385 pages) : illustrations (black and white); digital file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Transatlantic security from Truman to Trump

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This accessible and up-to-date analysis of transatlantic relations is based on more than forty years of experience working for the US Congress and the intelligence community.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Lists of figures, boxes, and tables

Foreword by Lawrence Freedman

Acknowledgments

List of abbreviations

Maps

I Cold War alliance

1 The transatlantic bargain and defense of the West

2 Genesis of the bargain

3 The transatlantic bargain revised

4 The bargain through the Cold War, 1954–1989

5 The United States and Europe at the end of the Cold War: some fundamental factors

II Post-Cold War alliance

6 The 1990s

7 The 2000s

8 The 2010s

III Defense of the West

9 External threats and internal challenges

10 Can the West survive?

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Select bibliography

About the author

Index

Notes:

Previous edition: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on e-Publication, viewed on August 21, 2020..

ISBN:

9781526146212

1526146215

9781526152275

1526152274

OCLC:

1345273016