Allies At WarMcGraw Hill Professional, 7 апр. 2004 г. - Всего страниц: 272 A thorough analysis of where U.S./European relations have gone wrong--and how to set them right ALLIES AT WAR is the first and most comprehensive assessment of what went wrong between America and Europe during the crisis over Iraq and is based on extensive interviews with policymakers in the United States and Europe. It puts the crisis over Iraq in historical context by examining US-Europe relations since World War II and shows how the alliance traditionally managed to overcome its many internal difficulties and crises. It describes how the deep strategic differences that emerged at the end of the Cold War and the disputes over the Balkans and the Middle East during the Clinton years already had some analysts questioning whether the Alliance could survive. It shows how the Bush administration’s unilateral diplomacy and world-view helped bring already simmering tensions to a boil, and describes in depth the events leading up to the Iraq crisis of 2003. Gordon and Shapiro explain how powerful forces such rising American power and the September 11 terrorist attacks have made relations between America and Europe increasingly difficult. But the authors argue that the split over Iraq was not inevitable: it was the result of misguided decisions and unnecessary provocations on both sides. Contrary to the conventional wisdom that claims that the Iraq war signaled the effective end of the Atlantic Alliance, the authors warn that assuming the end of the Alliance could quickly become a self-fulfilling prophesy: leaving the United States isolated, resented, and responsible for bearing the burdens of maintaining international security largely alone. In response to those who argue that the Atlantic Alliance is no longer viable or necessary, ALLIES AT WAR demonstrates that even after Iraq, the United States and Europe can work together, and indeed must if they wish to effectively address the most pressing problems of our age. The book makes concrete proposals for restoring transatlantic relations and updating the alliance to meet new challenges like global terrorism and the transformation of an unstable Middle East. |
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... accept. Less than a year and a half later, the U.S.-Europe clash over Iraq led to the most serious deterioration of transatlantic relations in recent memory. The dispute shook the alliance to its core and appeared to confirm the growing ...
... accept the argument that regime change in Iraq was necessary, and the unprecedented power of the United States, together with the historical optimism of Americans, encouraged people to believe that regime change—and Iraqi democracy—were ...
... accepted were limited and easily worth the price. The postwar institutions—including the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and later the World Trade Organization ...
... accept any constraints on U.S. freedom of action. If they do not, they will increasingly find themselves—as in Iraq after the war—bear- ing far too great a share of the burdens of international security alone. Europeans and Americans ...
... accept American leadership of NATO, suggesting instead that a Directorate of the United States, Britain, and France should jointly manage global security affairs. When the United States refused to accommodate France's aspirations, de ...
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Allies at War: America, Europe, and the Crisis Over Iraq Philip H. Gordon,Jeremy Shapiro Просмотр фрагмента - 2004 |