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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... lead. By the summer of 2003, even mainstream columnists like Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times were suggesting that French opposition to the war and to U.S. Iraq policy after the war meant that France was no longer just “our ...
... lead of the United States when possible. But they will find it more and more difficult to do so if they cannot show that they are getting anything in return or if they feel they no longer have any voice in Washington. The “end of the ...
... world opposition to the war, and his belief that respect for American power would lead others to follow him despite their expressed differences, also led to the mistaken decision in early 2003 to pursue a second UN. 9 INTRODUCTION.
... lead to a major diplomat- ic clash—as it did. Bush's deeply conservative political and philosophical orientation, so distant from that of many Europeans, also greatly exacerbated the problem. His decision to define the conflict as part ...
... lead in establishing a community of democratic nations that began as the Western Alliance and, especially after the fall of Soviet Empire, became in effect the foundation of world order. That order permitted a subset of countries ...
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Allies at War: America, Europe, and the Crisis Over Iraq Philip H. Gordon,Jeremy Shapiro Просмотр фрагмента - 2004 |