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Description for NATO Renewed
Hardback. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSN; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
This book provides an overview of what has happened to NATO from the closing stages of the Cold War to the new era of international terrorism. However, it is more than that. It also argues that NATO has travelled a course that contradicts the prevailing image of an organization in decline and crisis. NATO must be crafted by its members to fit the security environment in which it operates. Rynning argues that the allies did this poorly in the mid-90s but have succeeded better in the past few years. NATO has persisted into this new era because it has overcome ... Read more
This book provides an overview of what has happened to NATO from the closing stages of the Cold War to the new era of international terrorism. However, it is more than that. It also argues that NATO has travelled a course that contradicts the prevailing image of an organization in decline and crisis. NATO must be crafted by its members to fit the security environment in which it operates. Rynning argues that the allies did this poorly in the mid-90s but have succeeded better in the past few years. NATO has persisted into this new era because it has overcome ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403970657
SKU
V9781403970657
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About Sten Rynning
STEN RYNNING is Associate Professor in International Relations at the Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark. He is a former Fulbright and NATO Research Fellow. He is the author of Changing Military Doctrine: Presidents and Military Power in Fifth Republic France, 1958-2000 (2002), editor of the Journal of Transatlantic Studies' special issue on NATO (Spring 2005) and co-editor ... Read more
Reviews for NATO Renewed
"Rynning's study of the Western Alliance is careful, current and compelling. Wars in Kuwait, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, and the experiences of NATO and its members in either participating or staying out, have had profound effects on the alliance. Contradicting others' analyses, Rynning argues that the lessons learned from the wars ... Read more