| Description |
vi, 122 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Managing alliances -- 3. Assessing military doctrine and structures -- 4. The development of the NRDC's -- 5. Changing threats and the alliance's response -- 6. The impact of political bargaining -- 7. The alliance's response to terrorism -- 8. Conclusions and implications |
| Summary |
"The maintenance and management of the NATO alliance is a delicate balancing act between responding to security threats and navigating the bargaining positions of the member states. This book highlights how the alliance managed to maintain that balance in an area critical to its operations today around the world - changing its outmoded, Cold War-era doctrine and structures. Security threats are not the sole determinants - instead, electoral politics, economic pressures and other domestic factors decisively shape alliance bargaining. Based on these findings, this book argues that the NATO alliance ought to be considered by policymakers to be a political organization first and a military one second." "This book provides new empirical data valuable to our understanding of NATO's post-Cold War evolution. It offers a unique perspective by examining changes to the doctrine and force structure of an international military organization as a means of studying alliance management and maintenance. It examines and sheds light on the continuing debate surrounding NATO's role in security, how the alliance will fight and whether NATO is properly structured to continue providing security for its member states."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Administration.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Armed Forces -- Organization.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Military policy.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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Military doctrine.
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Peacekeeping forces.
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Security, International.
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World politics -- 1989-
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| LC no. |
2007000326 |
| ISBN |
0754670392 (hbk.) |
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9780754670391 (hbk.) |
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