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Book SynopsisProvides an interpretive history of the trans-atlantic alliance and explores critical developments in US European relations. The author considers the ongoing pattern of US unilateralism and its consequences as the trans-atlantic and intra-European debate over Iraq produced deep splits among the allies and eroded European trust in US leadership.
Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition: Sloan succeeds in providing the reader with a rock solid and up-to-date NATO history. Its accessible style and its comprehensive coverage make it both a primer and a book for the specialist reader.... Required readingfor students and practitioners alike.... -- Michael Rühle, head, Energy Security Section, NATO * Nato Review *
Praise for the first edition: Stanley Sloan's well-written account is a welcome corrective to the gap in NATO historiography. His book deserves a wide readership from the general public as well as NATO scholars..... -- Lawrence S. Kaplan, emeritus director, Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies
Praise for the first edition: A concise and insightful account of NATO from the very beginning to the end of the Cold War and beyond . . . and a clear stand on the debate over NATO's future..... * International Affairs *
Praise for the first edition: In an elegant and thoughtful style, Stan Sloan skillfully elucidates the origins and evolution over five decades of the critical NATO alliance..... -- Lee H. Hamilton, former U.S. Representative
Praise for the first edition: Highly readable, well-researched and analytically cogent. . .An ideal textbook..... * The International Spectator *
Praise for the first edition: An excellent and comprehensive overview of NATO's strategic evolution beginning with its creation in 1949. . . . Essential. * CHOICE *
Praise for the first edition: Sloan succeeds in providing the reader with a rock solid and up-to-date NATO history. Its accessible style and its comprehensive coverage make it both a primer and a book for the specialist reader.... Required reading for students and practitioners alike. -- Michael Rühle, head, Energy Security Section, NATO * Nato Review *
Praise for the first edition: Stanley Sloan's well-written account is a welcome corrective to the gap in NATO historiography. His book deserves a wide readership from the general public as well as NATO scholars. -- Lawrence S. Kaplan, emeritus director, Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies
Praise for the first edition: A concise and insightful account of NATO from the very beginning to the end of the Cold War and beyond . . . and a clear stand on the debate over NATO's future. * International Affairs *
Praise for the first edition: In an elegant and thoughtful style, Stan Sloan skillfully elucidates the origins and evolution over five decades of the critical NATO alliance. -- Lee H. Hamilton, former U.S. Representative
Praise for the first edition: Highly readable, well-researched and analytically cogent. . .An ideal textbook. * The International Spectator *
Praise for the first edition: Stanley Sloan's book offers a practitioner's well-documented account of the antagonisms within the transatlantic alliance during the cold war and post-cold war periods…. this is a useful book for the generally interested reader and an important source for the more committed student of transatlantic relations. * Journal of Common Market Studies *
Table of ContentsChapter 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 Chapter 6 NATO's Post-Cold War Military Missions in Theory and Practice Chapter 7 NATO Nuclear Strategy and Missile Defense Chapter 8 NATO Outreach and Enlargement: The Legacy of Harmel Chapter 9 A New Transatlantic Bargain Taking Shape: From ESDI to ESDP Chapter 10 The Transatlantic Bargain Challenged: September 11 and Iraq Chapter 11 Meeting the Challenge Chapter 12 Toward a New Atlantic Community
