基本説明
Offers the first comprehessive study of the institution's activities and development over the past five decades.
Full Description
A History of NATO - The First Fifty Years offers the first comprehensive study of the institution's activities and development over the past five decades. Written by a team of international scholars, it analyses the factors which have made NATO the most successful politico-military alliance in history. It also addresses the perennial problems of transatlantic relationships, the problems that the Alliance grapples with today. A wide-ranging and masterful survey, A History of NATO-The First Fifty Years will be an indispensable reference work for researchers as well as an accessible guide for students. The 3 volumes contain the work of over sixty contributors including articles from Lawrence S. Kaplan, Michael J. Brenner, Christopher Coker, John English, J.L. Granatstein, Bruce Kuniholm, Olav Riste, Kori Schaker, Klaus Schwabe and Rolf Tamnes.
Contents
VOLUME I Preface List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Abbreviations PART I: NATO AND THE UNITED NATIONS PART II: NATO AND OUT-OF-AREA PROBLEMS PART III: NATO ENLARGEMENT: PAST AND PRESENT PART IV: ATLANTIC COMMUNITY-TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIPS ENDNOTES VOLUME 2 PART V: GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT: NATO AND THE EVOLUTION OF EC/EU INTEGRATION, SECURITY AND DEFENCE PART VI: EAST-WEST CONFLICT AND INTRA-WEST TENSIONS: MANAGING A DECREASING THREAT PART VII: NATO AND THE WARSAW TREATY ORGANISATION PART VIII: COMMITMENTS TO NATO AND DOMESTIC POLITICS PART IX: THE PROMOSE OF ALLIANCE: THE ORIGINS AND MEANINGS OF NATO ENDNOTES VOLUME 3 PART X: TECHNOLOGY, ARMS PRODUCTION, PROCUREMENT, AND EXPORTS PART XI: NATO AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS ISSUES PART XII: MILITARY STRATEGY, FORCES PLANNING, AND COMMAND AND PERFORMANCE CONTROL PART XIII: NATO. THE NORTHERN FLANK AND THE NEUTRALS PART XIV: NATO AND THE SOUTHERN FLANK ENDNOTES
