The United States and NATO : the formative years
Lawrence S. Kaplan
Bok · 1984
| Utgitt | Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky , 1984
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| Opplysninger | The creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was one of the most important accomplishments of American diplomacy in countering the Soviet threat during the early days of the Cold War. Why and how such a reversal of a 150-year nonalignment policy by the United States was brought about, and how the goals of the treaty became a reality, are questions addressed here by a leading scholar of NATO.The importance of restoring Europe to strength and stability in the post-World War II years was as obvious to America as to its allies, but the means of achieving that goal were far from clear.. - Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Treaties of Paris and Washington: Two Entangling Alliances; 3. Isolationism, the United Nations, and the Cold War, 1947-1949; 4. Toward the Brussels Pact: December 1947-March 1948; 5. Brussels Pact to Atlantic Alliance: March-December 1948; 6. Completing the Treaty: January-April 1949; 7. Treaty to Organization: April 1949-January 1950; 8. The Impact of the Korean War; 9. Western Europe in ""The American Century""; Bibliographic Essays; Appendix A. Text of the Brussels Pact; Appendix B. Text of the Vandenberg Resolution Appendix C. Text of the North Atlantic TreatyAbbreviations Used in the Text; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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| ISBN | 0-8131-0159-X
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