NATO, the European Union, and the Atlantic Community; The Transatlantic Bargain Reconsidered
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. xvii, [1], 287, [7] pages, Map. Tables. Notes. Chronology. Selected Bibliography. Index. Ink marks in many places noted. Stanley R. Sloan is an associate fellow at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy. He has taught courses on transatlantic relations and American power and lectured regularly at the NATO College in Rome, where he was named an honorary ancien in 2005. In 1999, he concluded government service as the Congressional Research Service (CRS) senior specialist in international security policy after twenty-four years in a variety of research and management positions. He served previously as the first deputy national intelligence officer for Europe at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and as a member of the US Delegation to negotiations on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions. Sloan is a graduate of Columbia's School of International Affairs, and a Distinguished Graduate of the USAF Officer Training School. In recent years, Stan was the recipient of Fulbright Senior Specialist grants. He has authored dozens of CRS studies, journal articles, opinion editorials, and books. This work highlighted the dangers that U.S. foreign-policy unilateralism could pose for the relationship, a trend that has only intensified over the past few years. Stanley R. Sloan documents and analyzes the substantial ongoing record of U.S. unilateralism and its consequences as the transatlantic and intra-European debate over Iraq produced deep splits among the allies and seriously eroded European trust in U.S. leadership. Ironically, at the same time, the United States and Europe have made historic choices concerning NATO's future, not only continuing the process of enlarging alliance membership but also expanding the concept of NATO's missions to include peacekeeping and enforcement without geographic limitation. Sloan also expresses his ideas for a new Euro-Atlantic pact, a call that has now been echoing in both European and American quarters. Assessing both the good and bad news for the alliance, this book remains a central text for college and university courses on U.S.-European relations and transatlantic security issues and thought-provoking reading for all citizens concerned about future US foreign policy and Europe's role in it. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Balkans, Cold War, European Security, Collective Security, Collective Defense, European Union, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, Atlantic Community
ISBN: 0742517608
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