NATO and the Czech and Slovak Republics
Jeffrey Simon
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Description for NATO and the Czech and Slovak Republics
paperback. This is the second of three books by Jeffrey Simon on emerging post-communist countries to recently join NATO. As with the previous volume (Hungary), this book represents a tremendous amount of first hand research grounded in primary source material and personal interviews with key civil and military leaders. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DV; GTB; JPSN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Ever since the revolutions of 1989-1990, most Central and Eastern European states have been striving to adhere to Euro-Atlantic institutions-NATO and the European Union. Written by an 'inside' participant/observer, NATO and the Czech and Slovak Republics: A Comparative Study in Civil-Military Relations charts the successes, shortcomings, and continuing challenges faced by the Czech Republic in its quest to receive an invitation to join the NATO alliance in July 1997, in its prepartion for accession in March 1999, and during its first four years as a NATO ally, and by Slovakia in its quest to receive an invitation in November 2002. ... Read more
Ever since the revolutions of 1989-1990, most Central and Eastern European states have been striving to adhere to Euro-Atlantic institutions-NATO and the European Union. Written by an 'inside' participant/observer, NATO and the Czech and Slovak Republics: A Comparative Study in Civil-Military Relations charts the successes, shortcomings, and continuing challenges faced by the Czech Republic in its quest to receive an invitation to join the NATO alliance in July 1997, in its prepartion for accession in March 1999, and during its first four years as a NATO ally, and by Slovakia in its quest to receive an invitation in November 2002. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742529038
SKU
V9780742529038
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About Jeffrey Simon
Jeffrey Simon is senior fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University.
Reviews for NATO and the Czech and Slovak Republics
The transformation of Slovak society and integration into NATO and the EU was an exciting period for me. During my tenure, the defense ministry created the principal strategic documents for the reform of the Slovak Armed Forces and developed concrete steps to achieve NATO interoperability. Jeffrey Simon's excellent book is a concise, impartial, and balanced effort describing Slovakia's complicated, arduous, ... Read more