NATO and the Transatlantic Alliance in the 21st Century: The Twenty-Year Crisis

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction and Prologue: The End of Total War?....Pages 1-14
The Art of Defence Planning....Pages 15-27
The European Defence and Security Debate: the Last Fifty Years....Pages 28-48
The Origins and Development of Atlanticism....Pages 49-60
Neo-Atlanticism: Renewing the Relationship....Pages 61-68
The Decline of the Western European Union....Pages 69-79
NATO’s Expansion: the End or the Beginning of Collective Defence?....Pages 80-86
Collective Security or Collective Defence?....Pages 87-96
NATO: the Driving Forces and Predetermined Elements....Pages 97-107
NATO: post-Gaullist Realism and the Reality of Alliance....Pages 108-117
French Defence Firms in Transition....Pages 118-128
Britain’s Defence Diversification Dilemma....Pages 129-141
Germany’s Unique Opportunity: Converting a Two-headed Monster....Pages 142-151
The US President and Defence Priorities....Pages 152-159
Leadership for Defence Transition?....Pages 160-163
Peace Advocates and Trade Unions: Defence Restructuring’s Unlikely Alliance....Pages 164-176
Defending Conversion in Congress during the Clinton-Gore Administration....Pages 177-186
The Future of International Terrorism: the Scourge of the 21st Century....Pages 187-198
Conclusions: Towards a Multipolar and Multi-Nuclear World....Pages 199-213
Back Matter....Pages 214-250