| Description |
xxiii, 469 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Westview special studies in international relations |
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Westview special studies in international relations.
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| Contents |
Part I. The future of NATO -- The future of NATO / Henry A. Kissinger -- Europe and the alliance in the next decade / Henri Simonet -- Political problems in the future of NATO / Josef Luns -- Part II. Strategic and military problems of the alliance -- The Soviet strategic challenge in the 1980s / Dimitri K. Simes -- Theatre nuclear forces in Europe : is NATO running out of options? / Uwe Nerlich -- The nuclear alternatives / Edward N. Luttwak -- European nuclear options / Ian Smart -- Alternative conventional force postures / Kenneth Hunt -- Geopolitical realities and alliance military contingencies : the northern flank / Anders C. Sjaastad -- The southern flank : new dimensions for the alliance / Curt Gasteyger -- For want of a nail : the logistics of the alliance / Isaac Kidd -- East-West strategy and the Middle East-Persian Gulf / Geoffrey Kemp -- Sea power and NATO strategy / Alvin J. Cottrell and Thomas H. Moorer -- Part III. Political and economic problems of the alliance -- American foreign policy : the changing political universe / Samuel P. Huntington -- The strategic role of the Western business community : an entrepreneurial view / Giovanni Agnelli -- Labor and alliance / Irving Brown -- Energy and the future of NATO / Amos A. Jordan -- A new North Atlantic Treaty of technological cooperation and trade / Thomas A. Callaghan, Jr. -- Allied cooperation in armaments development, production, and support : a European view / David Greenwood -- Transatlantic arms collaboration : an industry perspective / Oliver C. Boileau -- Part IV. Organizational and leadership problems of the alliance -- Social change and the defense of the West / Michael Howard -- Does NATO exist? / Irving Kristol -- Intra-alliance diversities and challenges : NATO in an age of hot peace / Pierre Hassner -- Public support for NATO in Europe / Werner Kaltefleiter -- Structural and organizational problems of NATO : some solutions / Martin J. Hillenbrand -- NATO in the 1980s : the need for pragmatic leadership / Alexander M. Haig, Jr |
| Summary |
Papers from a conference held in Brussels, September 1-3, 1979 to identify and analyze the problems NATO will confront during the next thirty years and to strengthen the network of transatlantic communication that will help the alliance meet future challenges |
| Analysis |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Role, 1980-1990 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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Alliances.
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| Author |
Myers, Kenneth A.
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| LC no. |
80010677 |
| ISBN |
0709917007 |
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0891589651 |
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