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Subject(s)

• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security [Browse]
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization [Browse]

Editor

• Olsen, John Andreas 1968- [Browse]

Summary note

"This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of the development and importance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, its role in international relations and its influence on history. The volume examines the Alliance's evolution in breadth, depth and context by analysing and explaining why and how NATO has endured and remained relevant since its creation. To present an inclusive study of the Alliance's activities and milestone events and to offer a glimpse of future challenges, the book's twenty-nine chapters fall into six thematic sections that act as frameworks and allow the exploration of specific topics that pertain to the evolution of NATO: Part I: History of NATO, 1949-2024. Part II: Key Enduring Themes, 1949-2024. Part III: Military Operations, 1995-2024 Part IV: National Perspectives, 1949-2024. Part V: Regional Perspectives, 1949-2024. Part VI: Future Prospects, 2024. This handbook will be of much interest to students and researchers of NATO, strategic studies, defence studies and International Relations, as well as for staff and fellows at security- and defence-oriented think tanks and government officials, military personnel and other practitioners in the areas of foreign affairs and defence"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

• Cover
• Endorsement Page
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Photographs and Figures
• NATO Archives
• Author's Creation
• Acknowledgements
• List of Contributors
• Foreword by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
• Notes
• Preface
• Photographs from NATO Archives
• Introduction: The Alliance for Our Times
• Looking Back: NATO at 75
• The Book: Structure and Brief Summaries
• Part I: A history of NATO, 1949-2024
• Part II: Key enduring themes, 1949-2024
• Part III: Military operations, 1995-2024
• Part IV: National perspectives, 1949-2024
• Part V: Regional perspectives, 1949-2024
• Part VI: Future prospects
• Conclusion
• References
• Part I: A History of NATO, 1949-2024
• Chapter 1: The Origins of NATO
• Introduction
• Wartime Planning for European Security Post-Hostilities
• The Emerging Cold War
• Bilateral or Multilateral Approaches to Western European Security?
• The Dunkirk Treaty and an Initial Bilateral Approach
• A Multilateral Approach and the Launching of the Western Union
• The Brussels Pact
• The Pentagon Talks
• US Domestic Difficulties
• The Vandenberg Resolution
• The Washington Exploratory Talks
• The Committee of Ambassadors and Continuing US Domestic Difficulties
• Chapter 2: NATO, 1949-1967
• Putting the 'O' in NATO
• The Evolution of NATO's Strategy from 'Massive Retaliation' to 'Flexible Response'
• Threats to Allied Cohesion
• Conclusions
• Chapter 3: NATO, 1968-1989
• On Policy and Strategy
• 1968-1979: The Dark Decade
• Out of the Darkness: 1980-1989
• Chapter 4: NATO, 1990-2013
• The 1990-1991 Gulf Crisis: Deterrence and Defence in a New Era.
• NATO and the Balkans: The Catalyst for 'Out of Area' Operations
• The Response to 9/11: 'Out of Area' Becomes 'Out of Europe'
• NATO in Afghanistan: Command of ISAF
• NATO and Libya
• Beyond Crisis Management: Further Expansion of Operations and Missions
• Internal Adaptation: Partnerships
• Internal Adaptation: Enlargement
• Chapter 5: NATO, 2014-2024
• Timing Is Everything
• NATO Strengthens Its Defence Posture
• Political Standstill
• Out of the Mud: NATO 2030
• Seventy-Five and Still Going Strong?
• Part II: Key Enduring Themes, 1949-2024
• Chapter 6: NATO's Military Transformations, 1949-2024
• NATO's First Military Transformation: Anticipating Flexible Response
• Forward Defence
• Allied Protection of West Berlin
• Baltic Approaches
• Allied Mobile Force
• Integrated Air Defence
• Dual-Capable Tactical Forces
• NATO's Second Military Transformation: Delivering Flexible Response
• Operational Renaissance
• Readiness, Reinforcement and Rationalisation
• Trouble on the Southern Flank
• NATO's Third Military Transformation: Going 'Out-of-Area or Out-of-Business'
• Pivoting Away from the Central Front: The Influence of 'Out-of-Area' Operations
• Reforming the NATO Command and Force Structures for the Post-Cold War Era
• NATO's Fourth Military Transformation: 'Moving Quickly to Wherever Needed'
• Deepening Engagement in Afghanistan
• The NATO Response Force
• The Apex of the Expeditionary Era
• NATO's Fifth Military Transformation: 'From a Deployed NATO to a Prepared NATO'
• Reflections on the Link between Strategy, Unity, Transformation and Strength
• Chapter 7: A Nuclear Alliance
• The Birth of the Nuclear Alliance (1949-1967)
• The Consolidation of the Nuclear Alliance (1968-1989).
• The Atrophy of the Nuclear Alliance (1990-2013)
• The Resurgence of the Nuclear Alliance (2014-2024)
• Chapter 8: NATO, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
• Searching for a Balance: NATO, Nuclear Deterrence and Arms Control During the Cold War
• The Post-Cold War Era
• The Crucial Period 1989-1992 and the Restructuring of NATO's Strategy
• The Transformation of the Alliance in the Post-Cold War Era
• Chapter 9: Transatlantic Burden Sharing
• Common Ground and Tension Points: How Allies Share the Burden
• Numbers or Norms: How Allies Interpret Burden Sharing
• Same but Different: How NATO Burden Sharing is Measured
• Cold War
• New Tasks
• Enlargement
• Declining Budgets
• Numbers, Norms, and Narratives: From Burden to Investment
• Burden Sharing Ahead
• Cash
• Capabilities
• Contributions
• Chapter 10: Russian Security and Defence Policy from Stalin to Putin
• The Roots of Russia's Power Politics
• From Post-War to Cold War to Post-Cold War
• Main Elements of the Evolving Russian Military Capabilities and Strategy
• Russia and NATO in the Emerging World Disorder
• Part III: Military Operations, 1995-2024
• Chapter 11: NATO Air Power and the End of Bosnia's Civil War
• UN Peacekeeping in Bosnia, 1992-1995
• Humanitarian Relief, Containment and Peace-Making
• The Safe Areas Regime and the Question of NATO Air Power
• Bosnia 1995: From Peacekeeping to Warfighting
• From the Carter Ceasefire to the London Conference, January-July 1995
• Preparing the Ground for Warfighting, May-August 1995
• Preparing for a Disproportionate Response and Escalation
• Operation Deliberate Force.
• NATO, Peacekeeping, and Crisis Management Operations: The 'Lessons' from Bosnia
• Chapter 12: NATO and Kosovo: Operation Allied Force, 1999
• Prelude to Combat
• The Air War's Slow Start
• NATO Finally Escalates
• The Air War's Endgame
• The Determining Role of NATO Air Power
• Interoperability Problems and Lapses in Strategy
• Chapter 13: NATO Maritime Operations in the Mediterranean
• The Cold War: Deterrence and Defence
• Crisis Response: The Balkan Wars
• The Era of Maritime Security Operations
• Maritime Security Defined: The Alliance Maritime Strategy
• Maritime Security and Crisis Response: Operation Unified Protector
• Aegean Monitoring
• Maturing the Maritime Security Concept: Operation Sea Guardian
• The Return to Deterrence and Defence
• Concluding Remarks
• Chapter 14: NATO in Afghanistan, 2003-2021
• NATO in Afghanistan: A Brief History
• European Phase I: Origins
• European Phase II: Realities and Initiatives
• American Phase I: COIN, Surge, and Inteqal
• American Phase II: RSM and an Inglorious End
• How Afghanistan Shaped the Alliance
• Chapter 15: NATO and Libya: Operation Unified Protector, 2011
• Some Victories
• Winning the War, but Losing the Peace
• Part IV: National Perspectives, 1949-2024
• Chapter 16: NATO and the United States
• In the Beginning
• Presidential Leadership
• The Critical Role of Congress and Collective Defence
• NATO Article 5 and Extended Deterrence
• Persistent Burden-Sharing Issue
• US Leadership and European Defence Efforts
• Failures of US Leadership
• Successes of US Leadership
• Future US Leadership and the Alliance
• Conclusion.
• Chapter 17: NATO and the United Kingdom
• NATO's Formation
• The Cold War
• The End of the Cold War
• The UK and NATO's Era of Intervention
• The UK and NATO's Return to Collective Defence
• Chapter 18: NATO and France
• France and NATO during the Cold War: From a Founding Ally to the French Exception
• The Alliance Before the Alliance: France and the Origins of NATO
• The Early Years of NATO: A Central and Distracted Host Nation
• General de Gaulle and the Atlantic Alliance: A Defining Moment
• How to Be an Ally without Being Part of the Military Structure
• France and NATO in the Post-Cold War Era: Military Reintegration and Political Dissent
• France's Active Participation in NATO's Post-Cold War Crisis Management Operations
• The Long Journey Back to Military Reintegration
• The Enduring French Nuclear Exception
• France and NATO into the 21st Century
• A Robust and Committed Ally
• A Recurring NATO Critic: Outstanding Debates Between Paris and Evere
• Conclusion: A Strategic Shift?
• Chapter 19: NATO and Germany
• Germany in NATO during the Cold War
• Germany as a Driver of Transformation in Europe
• Germany's Limited Engagement
• Zeitenwende, or the Phoenix Emerging from the Ashes
• Chapter 20: NATO and Türkiye
• Türkiye's Bid to Join NATO
• The Cyprus Question: The Johnson letter of 1964 and the Turkish Intervention of 1974
• General Rogers' Plan for Reintegrating Greece into NATO's Military Structure
• Türkiye's Stand vis-à-vis the Gulf War in 1990-1991 and the Iraq War in 2003
• Coup Attempt in 2016
• Purchase of S-400 Systems
• The US Alliance with PYD/YPG
• References.
• Part V: Regional Perspectives, 1949-2024.

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ISBN

• 1-04-002622-2
• 1-003-36410-1
• 1-04-002626-5

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