LEADER 02941nam 2200565 450 001 9910813623103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-6336-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334609 035 $a(EBL)1915813 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001442636 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11934855 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001442636 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11419729 035 $a(PQKB)11211920 035 $a(OCoLC)561791645 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse44330 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915813 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11005555 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691534 035 $a(OCoLC)900345067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915813 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334609 100 $a20150123h19841984 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe United States and NATO $ethe formative years /$fLawrence S. Kaplan 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d1984. 210 4$dİ1984 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-60252-2 311 $a0-8131-5297-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographies and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Treaties of Paris and Washington: Two Entangling Alliances; 3. Isolationism, the United Nations, and the Cold War, 1947-1949; 4. Toward the Brussels Pact: December 1947-March 1948; 5. Brussels Pact to Atlantic Alliance: March-December 1948; 6. Completing the Treaty: January-April 1949; 7. Treaty to Organization: April 1949-January 1950; 8. The Impact of the Korean War; 9. Western Europe in ""The American Century""; Bibliographic Essays; Appendix A. Text of the Brussels Pact; Appendix B. Text of the Vandenberg Resolution 327 $aAppendix C. Text of the North Atlantic TreatyAbbreviations Used in the Text; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z 330 $aThe creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was one of the most important accomplishments of American diplomacy in countering the Soviet threat during the early days of the Cold War. Why and how such a reversal of a 150-year nonalignment policy by the United States was brought about, and how the goals of the treaty became a reality, are questions addressed here by a leading scholar of NATO.The importance of restoring Europe to strength and stability in the post-World War II years was as obvious to America as to its allies, but the means of achieving that goal were far from clear. Th 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989 676 $a355/.031/091821 700 $aKaplan$b Lawrence S.$0242630 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813623103321 996 $aThe United States and NATO$94067442 997 $aUNINA