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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... America and Europe are growing apart has been made by author Robert Kagan, whose summer 2002 Policy Review article “Power and Weakness” argued that it was “time to stop pretending that Europeans and Americans share a. 4 ALLIES AT WAR.
... argue that it can and should be saved. The alliance can be saved, we believe, because for all the transatlantic differences over Iraq and the war on terrorism, American and European interests and values—the ultimate drivers of long-term ...
... argue not only that the alliance can be saved, but that it should be saved. It is true that the new challenges are unlikely to unite the two sides of the Atlantic in the same way the Cold War did. And if “alliance” is defined to mean ...
... 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 possible ...
... arguments in pushing for a more independent France was that nations that do not play a real role in their own defense eventually develop a strategic culture of dependence. This was the fate American neoconservative writer Robert Kagan ...
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