1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459471403321

Autore

Sloan Stanley R.

Titolo

Permanent alliance? : NATO and the transatlantic bargain from Truman to Obama / / by Stanley R. Sloan ; foreword by the honorable Lee H. Hamilton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Continuum, , 2010

ISBN

1-4411-5126-5

1-5013-0112-8

1-282-82206-3

9786612822063

1-4411-8582-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Disciplina

355/.031091821

Soggetti

Europe Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I: Cold War Alliance -- The Bargain as a Framework for Analysis -- Genesis of the Bargain -- The Transatlantic Bargain Revised -- The Bargain through the Cold War, 1954-1989 -- The United States and Europe at the End of the Cold War: Some Fundamental Factors -- pt. II: Post-Cold War Alliance -- NATO Outreach and Enlargement: The Legacy of Harmel -- NATO and Russia: Partnership or New Cold War? -- NATO's Post-Cold War Military Missions in Theory and Practice -- NATO in Afghanistan -- European Security and Defense Policy and the Transatlantic Bargain -- Implications of the Bush, 9/11, and Iraq Shocks for the Transatlantic Bargain -- pt. III: Permanent Alliance? -- Is NATO Necessary but Not Sufficient? -- Permanent Alliance?

Sommario/riassunto

In Permanent Alliance? Stanley R. Sloan discusses the global trends that are changing the environment for transatlantic relations, such as European integration, global security, emerging powers, and the role of the United States as a world leader. A completely updated and refocused version of Sloan's previous work, NATO, the European Union, and the Atlantic Community, the book now examines whether NATO



has become the "permanent alliance" about which President George Washington warned or if it is nearing the end of its utility. Permanent Alliance? links historical development with contemporary

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996397294103316

Autore

Ferguson Robert <d. 1714.>

Titolo

A brief justification of the Prince of Orange's descent into England, and of the kingdoms late recourse to arms [[electronic resource] ] : with a modest disquisition of what may become the wisdom and justice of the ensuing convention in their disposal of the crown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London?, : s.n., 1689?]

Descrizione fisica

19 p

Soggetti

Great Britain History William and Mary, 1689-1702

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Caption title.

Attributed to Robert Ferguson. Cf. BM.

Place and date suggested by Wing.

Imperfect: tightly bound, with loss of print.

Reproduction of original in Harvard University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0062