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OverviewHow did Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic become the newest members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? Based on interviews with more than 75 individuals - from Cabinet officials to desk officers - this book tells the inside story of the controversial Clinton administration initiative. Analyzing the earliest internal deliberations as well as discussions with allies, the Russians and the US senate, the author demonstrates how a handful of committed policymakers outmaneouvered overwhelming bureaucratic opposition. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James GoldgeierPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Brookings Institution Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.028kg ISBN: 9780815731726ISBN 10: 0815731728 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 30 October 1999 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Replaced By: 9780815731719 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThe book will take its rightful place among research volumes that serve as key references for academics and other close students of interstate and intrastate conflict behavior. --Stephen J. Cimbala, Penn State University, Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 5/1/2001 Goldgeier's access to a number of key figures involved in the emergence of this policy has clearly provided a number of interesting insights into the policy process... an impressively detailed account of the emergence of the policy of NATO enlargement within the US policy process. --Richard Morton, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Millennium, 8/1/2001 An outstanding contribution to the study of US foreign policy and NATO's evolution since the Soviet Union's collapse... Goldgeier's research is impressive and well-balanced... readers will gain much from this excellent survey of American foreign policy history. --Ryan C. Hendrickson, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, Journal of Slavic Military Studies, vol. 14:1, 2001 James M. Goldgeier makes a major contribution to the contemporary case study literature concerning American foreign policy formation... This book should be a priority for those interested in a detailed, focused case study that reconstructs the complex array of factors in a post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy decision likely to have significant consequences for generations to come. --Sharyl Cross, San Jose State University, American Political Science Review, 3/1/2002 An informative and insightful account. --Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former National Security Advisor An informative and insightful account of the internal bureaucratic struggles and of the outside influences that generated the U.S. decision to enlarge NATO. --Zbigniew Brzezinksi, Former National Security Advisor This is by far the best account of the controversial decision to enlarge NATO. It is solidly researched, clearly written, persuasively argued, and --most impressively --fair in its treatment of all sides. I can think of no better book to read on the nature of American leadership in the post-Cold War world. --John Lewis Gaddis, Yale University """The book will take its rightful place among research volumes that serve as key references for academics and other close students of interstate and intrastate conflict behavior."" --Stephen J. Cimbala, Penn State University, Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 5/1/2001 ""Goldgeier's access to a number of key figures involved in the emergence of this policy has clearly provided a number of interesting insights into the policy process... an impressively detailed account of the emergence of the policy of NATO enlargement within the US policy process."" --Richard Morton, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Millennium, 8/1/2001 ""An outstanding contribution to the study of US foreign policy and NATO's evolution since the Soviet Union's collapse... Goldgeier's research is impressive and well-balanced... readers will gain much from this excellent survey of American foreign policy history."" --Ryan C. Hendrickson, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, Journal of Slavic Military Studies, vol. 14:1, 2001 ""James M. Goldgeier makes a major contribution to the contemporary case study literature concerning American foreign policy formation... This book should be a priority for those interested in a detailed, focused case study that reconstructs the complex array of factors in a post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy decision likely to have significant consequences for generations to come."" --Sharyl Cross, San Jose State University, American Political Science Review, 3/1/2002 ""An informative and insightful account."" --Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former National Security Advisor ""An informative and insightful account of the internal bureaucratic struggles and of the outside influences that generated the U.S. decision to enlarge NATO. "" --Zbigniew Brzezinksi, Former National Security Advisor ""This is by far the best account of the controversial decision to enlarge NATO. It is solidly researched, clearly written, persuasively argued, and --most impressively --fair in its treatment of all sides. I can think of no better book to read on the nature of American leadership in the post-Cold War world. "" --John Lewis Gaddis, Yale University" Author InformationJames M. Goldgeier is director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University, where he is associate professor of political science and international affairs. He is also an adjunct senior fellow in Europe studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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