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Opening NATO's Door : How the Alliance Remade Itself for a New Era.

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Asmus, Ronald D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2012.
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  • 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.