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OverviewFocusing on NATO's continued crisis of identity, this text argues that the conflicts in Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Kosovo have proven to be critical to an alliance that has not been able to define its roles and missions in the post-Cold War world. While, on the one hand, NATO was enlarging by inviting former adversaries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to join, on the hand it has been woefully unprepared to deal with the ethnic conflicts that erupted on its borders and that potentially threaten the peace and stability of Europe. Joyce P. Kaufman contends that the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia have potentially threatened the essence of NATO by forcing the alliance to take on the new role of peacekeeper without adequately allowing the members to examine the role the alliance wants to or should play in a largely post-communist world. Despite ongoing discussion in NATO ministerial summits, the alliance has made little progress and public questions about the role and even the viability of NATO after the Cold War continue to grow. The inability to address these issues leaves NATO facing a number of pressing questions that this work tries to answer: what role can and should the alliance play in the future?; and why have the ongoing conflicts in the Balkans proven to be a challenge that the alliance has been unwilling or unable to resolve? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joyce P. KaufmanPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.358kg ISBN: 9780742510227ISBN 10: 0742510220 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 14 May 2002 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAn insightful overview of the search for a 'new NATO' at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Perspectives on Political Science A sound analysis of the fundamental changes in the Alliance during the last two decades. A worthwhile primer for undergraduates or others new to the subject. Royal United Services Institute Journal An insightful overview of the search for a 'new NATO' at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Perspectives On Political Science A sound analysis of the fundamental changes in the Alliance during the last two decades. A worthwhile primer for undergraduates or others new to the subject. Royal United Services Institute Journal Author InformationJoyce P. Kaufman is director of the Whittier Scholars Program and professor of political science at Whittier College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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