Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Bargain as a Framework for Analysis Chapter 2 Genesis of the Bargain Chapter 3 The Transatlantic Bargain Revised Chapter 4 The Bargain through the Cold War, 1954-1989 Chapter 5 The United States and Europe at the End of the Cold War: Some Fundamental Factors Chapter 6 NATO's Post-Cold War Military Missions in Theory and Practice Chapter 7 NATO Nuclear Strategy and Missile Defense Chapter 8 NATO Outreach and Enlargement: The Legacy of Harmel Chapter 9 A New Transatlantic Bargain Taking Shape: From ESDI to ESDP Chapter 10 The Transatlantic Bargain Challenged: September 11 and Iraq Chapter 11 Meeting the Challenge Chapter 12 Toward a New Atlantic Community

About the Author

Stanley R. Sloan is president of VIC-Vermont, a private consulting firm; visiting scholar at Middlebury College; and founding director of the Atlantic Community Initiative. An internationally recognized expert on defense and foreign policy, he has over thirty years of experience as a government foreign and security policy analyst.

Reviews

Praise for the first edition: Sloan succeeds in providing the reader with a rock solid and up-to-date NATO history. Its accessible style and its comprehensive coverage make it both a primer and a book for the specialist reader.... Required readingfor students and practitioners alike....
*Nato Review*

Praise for the first edition: Stanley Sloan's well-written account is a welcome corrective to the gap in NATO historiography. His book deserves a wide readership from the general public as well as NATO scholars.....
*Lawrence S. Kaplan, emeritus director, Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies*

Praise for the first edition: A concise and insightful account of NATO from the very beginning to the end of the Cold War and beyond . . . and a clear stand on the debate over NATO's future.....
*International Affairs*

Praise for the first edition: In an elegant and thoughtful style, Stan Sloan skillfully elucidates the origins and evolution over five decades of the critical NATO alliance.....
*Lee H. Hamilton, former U.S. Representative*

Praise for the first edition: Highly readable, well-researched and analytically cogent. . .An ideal textbook.....
*The International Spectator*

Praise for the first edition:
An excellent and comprehensive overview of NATO's strategic evolution beginning with its creation in 1949. . . . Essential.
*CHOICE*

Praise for the first edition:
Sloan succeeds in providing the reader with a rock solid and up-to-date NATO history. Its accessible style and its comprehensive coverage make it both a primer and a book for the specialist reader.... Required reading for students and practitioners alike.
*Nato Review*

Praise for the first edition:
Stanley Sloan's well-written account is a welcome corrective to the gap in NATO historiography. His book deserves a wide readership from the general public as well as NATO scholars.
*Lawrence S. Kaplan, emeritus director, Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies*

Praise for the first edition:
A concise and insightful account of NATO from the very beginning to the end of the Cold War and beyond . . . and a clear stand on the debate over NATO's future.
*International Affairs*

Praise for the first edition:
In an elegant and thoughtful style, Stan Sloan skillfully elucidates the origins and evolution over five decades of the critical NATO alliance.
*Lee H. Hamilton, former U.S. Representative*

Praise for the first edition:
Highly readable, well-researched and analytically cogent. . .An ideal textbook.
*The International Spectator*

Praise for the first edition:
Stanley Sloan's book offers a practitioner's well-documented account of the antagonisms within the transatlantic alliance during the cold war and post-cold war periods…. this is a useful book for the generally interested reader and an important source for the more committed student of transatlantic relations.
*Journal of Common Market Studies*