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OverviewThis text offers a comprehensive study of the institution's activities and development over the last five decades of the 20th century. Written by a team of international scholars, it analyzes the factors which have made NATO the most successful politico-military alliance in history. It also addresses the perennial problems of transatlantic relationships, and the problems that the Alliance grapples with at the beginning of the 21st century. Full Product DetailsAuthor: G. SchmidtPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.240kg ISBN: 9780333962770ISBN 10: 033396277 Pages: 1433 Publication Date: 13 July 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviews'This three-volume project is the most comprehensive imaginable...The work was also done with acute awareness of the current problems facing NATO. Many a NATO official and many a journalist who thinks the world began in 1990 or whenever they assumed their present post would do well to read these contributions, not because history repeats itself, but because enduring structures can produce variations on the same problem. But this collection of articles is priceless information not only for officials and journalists. It should be basic reading for any student of NATO and merits a place on any International Relations syllabus.' - D.B.G. Heuser, Professor of International and Strategic Studies, Department of War Studies, King's College, London 'In the post-Cold War world, as in the previous half-century, NATO continues to be at the centre of U.S.-European relations, and remains the globe's most important alliance. This work, authored by many of the most distinguished persons working the field, and sharpened by the most important conference yet to be held to evaluate the increasingly tense relationships, must be at the centre of future discussions, studies, and policymaking on the subject.' - Walter LaFeber, Cornell University Clearly towers above most...what has emerged is an important work of synthesis and original scholarship that encourages reflection...' - International Affairs 'This three-volume project is the most comprehensive imaginable!The work was also done with acute awareness of the current problems facing NATO. Many a NATO official and many a journalist who thinks the world began in 1990 or whenever they assumed their present post would do well to read these contributions, not because history repeats itself, but because enduring structures can produce variations on the same problem. But this collection of articles is priceless information not only for officials and journalists. It should be basic reading for any student of NATO and merits a place on any International Relations syllabus.' - D.B.G. Heuser, Professor of International and Strategic Studies, Department of War Studies, King's College, London 'In the post-Cold War world, as in the previous half-century, NATO continues to be at the centre of U.S.-European relations, and remains the globe's most important alliance. This work, authored by many of the most distinguished persons working the field, and sharpened by the most important conference yet to be held to evaluate the increasingly tense relationships, must be at the centre of future discussions, studies, and policymaking on the subject.' - Walter LaFeber, Cornell University Clearly towers above most...what has emerged is an important work of synthesis and original scholarship that encourages reflection...' - International Affairs Author InformationGUSTAV SCHMIDT is Professor of International Politics, Faculty of Social Sciences, and a co-opted member of the Faculty of History, Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum. His major publications include The Politics and Economics of Appeasement: British Foreign Policy in the 1930s and he has edited and contributed to Changing Perspectives in European Security and NATO's Search for a New Role: From the 1960s to the Present. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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