Overview

"This book is an interpretive analysis of transatlantic security relations from the preparation of the North Atlantic Treaty to the Obama administration. In ""Permanent Alliance?"" Stanley R. Sloan discusses the global trends that are changing the environment for transatlantic relations, such as European integration, global security, emerging powers, and the role of the United States as a world leader. A completely updated and refocused version of Sloan's previous work, NATO, the European Union, and the Atlantic Community, the book now examines whether NATO has become the 'permanent alliance' about which President George Washington warned or if it is nearing the end of its utility. ""Permanent Alliance?"" links historical development with contemporary issues and relationships, discussing such topics as the permanence of the alliance, NATO missions, nuclear strategy and missile defense, relationship with the EU, the crisis in the alliance during the George W. Bush administration, and the challenges faced by the Obama administration. A significant contribution to the literature, the book will be a key text for anyone studying and researching transatlantic security relations and international relations."

Full Product Details

Author:   Professor Stanley R. Sloan
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781441151261

ISBN 10:   1441151265
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   15 July 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Foreword by the Honorable Lee H. Hamilton; Acknowledgments; NATO and EU Maps; List of Acronyms; Part I Cold War Alliance; Chapter 1 The Bargain as a Framework for Analysis; Chapter 2 Genesis of the Bargain; Chapter 3 The Transatlantic Bargain Revised; Chapter 4 The Bargain through the Cold War, 1954-1989; Chapter 5 The United States and Europe at the End of the Cold War: Some Fundamental Factors; Part II Post Cold War Alliance; Chapter 6 NATO Outreach and Enlargement: The Legacy of Harmel; Chapter 7 NATO and Russia: Partnership or New Cold War?; Chapter 8 NATO's Post-Cold War Military Missions in Theory and Practice; Chapter 9 NATO in Afghanistan; Chapter 10 European Security and Defense Policy and the Transatlantic Bargain; Chapter 11 Implications of the Bush, 9/11 and Iraq Shocks for the Transatlantic Bargain; Part III: Permanent Alliance?; Chapter 12 Is NATO Necessary but Not Sufficient?; Chapter 13 Permanent Alliance?; Appendix: The North Atlantic Treaty, Washington, D.C., April 4, 1949; Selected Bibliography; About the Author; Index.

Reviews

Stanley Sloan has for many years been one of the most influential and authoritative analysts of the NATO Alliance. In his new book Permanent Alliance he demonstrates once again his in-depth knowledge of NATO issues and his sound, balanced judgements of both the strengths and weaknesses of the Alliance as it strives to adapt to the 21st century security challenges. This book should be at the top of the list for anyone who wants to understand today's NATO. --Jamie Shea, Director, Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General, NATO

Stanley Sloan, a distinguished NATO analyst, has been thinking, lecturing, and writing about the transatlantic bargain for over a generation. In this, his third book on the subject, he has produced a masterly re-examination of the sixty-year relationship between America and Europe. Cautiously optimistic about NATO's future, this authoritative study should be welcomed by scholars and policymakers alike. It will be a valuable text for my NATO history classes. Lawrence S. Kaplan, Emeritus Director of the Lyman, L.Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies, Kent State University Stanley Sloan has for many years been one of the most influential and authoritative analysts of the NATO Alliance. In his new book Permanent Alliance he demonstrates once again his in-depth knowledge of NATO issues and his sound, balanced judgements of both the strengths and weaknesses of the Alliance as it strives to adapt to the 21st century security challenges. This book should be at the top of the list for anyone who wants to understand today's NATO. Jamie Shea, Director, Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General, NATO No one is more qualified to write a study on transatlantic relations than Stan Sloan. During his professional life at the Congressional Research Service he has gathered invaluable insights in the field of transatlantic relations. He continued his career teaching and researching the subject matter at American and European universities and 'think tanks'. Through careful research and thoughtful analysis, Sloan outlines in a new book the past. present and future of the transatlantic bargain. He convincingly argues that although NATO lies at the heart of the transatlantic bargain, NATO has always been more than simply a collective defense organization. It also represents a community of values. Whether this will be enough to survive the 21st century remains to be seen. He discusses various ideas and opinions to strengthen NATO's viability, putting forward amongst others the idea for a reinforced Atlantic community. Sloan's book is an outstanding study on the subject matter of transatlantic relations. He is an original thinker, an experienced researcher and - clearly visible- loves the subject matter. This study is a must both for teachers and students of political science and contemporary history. Bram Boxhoorn, Director Netherlands Atlantic Association Author wrote Op-Ed In Defense of NATO for the New York Times http: //www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/opinion/29iht-edsloan28.html?_r=2

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Author Information

Stanley R. Sloan is the founding Director of the Atlantic Community Initiative, a Visiting Scholar at the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs at Middlebury College, VT, and President of VIC-Vermont, a private consulting firm. Dr. Sloan has lectured widely on US foreign and security policy and Euro-Atlantic security issues in Europe and in the US. He is an internationally recognized expert on defense and foreign policy, with over thirty years of experience as a government foreign and security policy analyst.

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