Opening NATO's Door [[electronic resource] ] : How the Alliance Remade Itself for a New Era

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462202003321
• Autore: Asmus Ronald D
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Columbia University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (425 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.031091821; 355/.031091821
• Soggetti: Intervention (International law); National security -- Europe; North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Membership; Peaceful change (International relations); Post-communism -- Europe; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-; Military & Naval Science; Law, Politics & Government; Armies; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Sources; Introduction; Book I THE ORIGINS; 1. An Ambiguous Pledge; 2. Dismantling Yalta; 3. Aligning with the West; Book II THE DEBATE BEGINS; 1. Russia First; 2. Making the Case; 3. ""We Need a Perspective""; 4. The Partnership for Peace; Book III ACROSS THE RUBICON; 1. An Ambiguous Decision; 2. Shifting Gears; 3. Pressure from the Right; 4. Holbrooke's Return; 5. Across the Rubicon; Book IV ESTABLISHING THE DUAL TRACK; 1. Establishing the NATO Track; 2. A Parallel Track with Moscow; 3. The May-for-May Deal; 4. The Political Battle Heats Up5. Bosnia and NATO Enlargement; Book V TOWARD A NEW NATO; 1. On the Back Burner; 2. Sleeping with the Porcupine; 3. Tough Love for Central and Eastern Europe; 4. Ukraine ; and the Baltic States; 5. ""A Long Dance with Natasha""; Book VI THE NATO-RUSSIA ENDGAME; 1. Madeleine's Vision; 2. Chancellor Kohl Comes Through; 3. The Road to Helsinki; 4. Breakthrough at Helsinki; 5. Playing Both Sides of the Chessboard; Book VII HEAD-TO-HEAD AT MADRID; 1. Sintra; 2. Playing the Heavy; 3. A Baltic Challenge; 4. Madrid; 5. The Final Compromise; Book VIII THE POLITICAL BATTLE; 1. Creating a Command Post: The Birth of S/NERO2. The Campaign Starts; 3. Dancing with Jesse Helms; 4. New Members and New Missions; 5. The Endgame; CONCLUSION; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: How and why did NATO, a Cold War military alliance created in 1949 to counter Stalin's USSR, become the cornerstone of new security order for post-Cold War Europe? Why, instead of retreating from Europe after communism's collapse, did the U.S. launch the greatest expansion of the American commitment to the old continent in decades? Written by a high-level insider, Opening NATO's Door provides a definitive account of the ideas, politics, and diplomacy that went into the historic decision to expand NATO to Central and Eastern Europe. Drawing on the still-classified archives of the U.S.