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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... troops than Washington was prepared to 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 ...
... troops in 1966, the 1973 Arab- Israeli War, the debate over the “Euromissiles” or Central America in the early 1980s, are all reminders that the Atlantic alliance has always had to confront deeply divisive issues. What is striking today ...
... troops that had been in Germany when the war ended on May 8, 1945, only 170,000 remained. There was little appetite for taking on a permanent political role on the continent, let alone engaging in a close political, military alliance ...
... troops stood poised to occupy the canal. But Washington had not been consulted and, as Secretary of State John Foster Dulles put it, did not want to be linked to Europe in “any areas encroaching in some form or tude was not so different ...
... troops from French soil. As an alternative, France committed itself to a strategy designed to use an independent nuclear force, German power, and European integration to amplify French influence and balance American power. Ironically ...
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Allies at War: America, Europe, and the Crisis Over Iraq Philip H. Gordon,Jeremy Shapiro Просмотр фрагмента - 2004 |