NATO at forty : change, continuity, and prospects / edited By James R. Golden [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Golden, James Reed., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces.

Armed Forces--Political activity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 1989.

Summary:

This book addresses the evolving role of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It seeks to answer whether NATO is capable of adjusting to changes in the forces that have held it together and have made it the centerpiece of the national security strategies of its members.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

The Challenge to NATO

The Foundations of NATO: A Personal Memoir

Change and Continuity in the Atlantic Alliance: Political and Economic Forces

The Political and Economic Evolution of NATO's Central Region

Northern Europe: The Politics and Economics of Coalition Defense

Continuity and Change in the Southern Region of the Atlantic Alliance

Change and Continuity in the Atlantic Alliance: Military and Technological Forces

The Strategic Realm

The Operational Realm

Enduring Issues Confronting the Alliance

NATO and Some Lessons of History

The Enduring Dilemmas of the Atlantic Alliance

Alliance Nuclear Doctrine and Conventional Deterrence: Predictive Uncertainty and Policy Confidence

Alternative Visions of the Future

Political and Economic Alternatives for the Future of the Atlantic Alliance

Surviving Forty: Toward a Robust NATO Conventional Defense

The Implication of NATO as a Regional Alliance

NATO-The Challenge of the Future.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Routledge, viewed January 31, 2023.).

ISBN:

0-429-03342-7

0-429-71892-6

0-367-15343-2

0-429-69891-7

9780429033421

OCLC:

1090013970