Lawrence S Kaplan

Broschiertes Buch

The United States and NATO

The Formative Years

Beschreibung

The creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was one of the most important accomplishments of American diplomacy in countering the Soviet threat during the early days of the Cold War. Why and how such a reversal of a 150-year nonalignment policy by the United States was brought about, and how the goals of the treaty became a reality, are questions addressed here by a leading scholar of NATO. The importance of restoring Europe to strength and stability in the post-World War II years wa

Autor

Lawrence S. Kaplan is emeritus director of the Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies at Kent State University and a professorial lecturer in history at Georgetown University. He is the author or editor of more than two dozen books, including NATO Divided, NATO United: The Evolution of an Alliance and NATO 1948: The Birth of the Transatlantic Alliance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Kentucky
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780813152974
• ISBN-10: 0813152976
• Artikelnr.: 41089548