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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... threats, defining challenges, and fashioning and implementing foreign and defense policies, the United States and Europe have parted ways.” There can be little doubt that the divisions revealed during the crisis in Iraq stem from real ...
... threat, but they continue to have an enormous continuing interest in maintaining the structures, expectations, habits, and commitment to cooperation inherent in the concept of a political alliance. For all its apparent power, the United ...
... threat was the central geopolitical challenge of the time, Europe was the primary terrain on which that threat had to be confronted, and West Europeans were the primary allies of the United States. The Atlantic alliance that emerged and ...
... threat to Western interests today may be a different one, but the ways in which transatlantic leaders managed to forge common strategies despite disparate strategic perspectives and roles, maintain public support and legitimacy, and ...
... threat. Real or potential Soviet or communist advances from 1946, when instability threatened Greece and Turkey, until 1948—when commu- nists forcibly ousted the Czechoslovak government, threatened to win elections in France and Italy ...
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Allies at War: America, Europe, and the Crisis Over Iraq Philip H. Gordon,Jeremy Shapiro Просмотр фрагмента - 2004 |