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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... , and the particular case of Iraq, obscures the fact that many Americans still place a high priority on international cooperation, legitimacy, and peaceful solutions to problems, just as many Europeans. 5 INTRODUCTION.
... fact dead. But in that case, as even a cursory review of NATO's history would show, it never existed in the first place. Americans and Europeans may no longer be bound together by a common threat, but they continue to have an enormous ...
... fact far from inevitable. It resulted not just from structural trends, but also from a strong degree of contingency, personality, misguided diplomacy, poor leadership, Iraqi unpredictability, and bad luck. Clearly, the choices of both ...
... fact actually managed to alienate Russia, Turkey, and Germany, whose enduring opposition to the war bolstered the defiance of France. Bush's underestimation of European and world opposition to the war, and his belief that respect for ...
... fact that France and Germany were telling the administration that pursuing an explicit authorization for war would only lead to a major diplomat- ic clash—as it did. Bush's deeply conservative political and philosophical orientation, so ...
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Allies at War: America, Europe, and the Crisis Over Iraq Philip H. Gordon,Jeremy Shapiro Просмотр фрагмента - 2004 |