The European Defence Initiative: Europe’s Bid for Equality

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Britain and the Third Force Syndrome....Pages 15-27
The Growth of the Strategic Dichotomy....Pages 28-42
The Rise of Europeanism....Pages 43-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
The Fragmentation of Alliance: the Need for a New Military Strategy?....Pages 61-77
European Defence: How Real is the Soviet Threat?....Pages 78-101
The Transformation of the Soviet Navy: the Threat to Europe and NATO’s Response....Pages 102-112
National Perspectives within the Alliance: Impediments to Defence Integration....Pages 113-131
Differing Priorities: the Lesson of the Siberian Pipeline Drama....Pages 132-139
The British Nuclear Defence Option....Pages 140-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
The Unilateralist Threat to Peace: the Rise of the Peace Movement....Pages 163-171
The Dual Track Decision: the European Dimension....Pages 172-185
The Limitations of Arms Control: the Need for a New Beginning?....Pages 186-199
European Defence and the Strategic Defence Initiative....Pages 200-212
Conclusions....Pages 213-219
Back Matter....Pages 220-242