Nato Before The Korean War
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Nato Before The Korean War
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Author : Lawrence S. Kaplan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Nato Before The Korean War written by Lawrence S. Kaplan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with World politics categories.
A reexamination of the formative years of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Conventional wisdom has the Korean War putting the "O" in NATO. Prior to that time, from the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949, to the North Korean invasion of South Korea on June 25, 1950, the Treaty allies were just going through the motions of establishing an organization. Historian Lawrence Kaplan argues that this is a mistaken view, and he fills significant blanks in the record of 1949 and 1950, which NATO officials and analysts alike have largely ignored. When the Treaty was signed, the United States hailed the end of its isolationist tradition, as it recognized the necessity of devising new means to cope with the menace of Soviet-led Communism. It was interested in creating a new order in the Old World that would open the way to a united Europe. Toward this end, the allies crafted a transatlantic bargain. In its simplest form, the bargain involved a U.S. commitment to rebuild, economically and militarily, a Western Europe devastated by World War II. In exchange for America's abandonment of its customary abstention from Europe, the Western allies would take steps to end Europe's traditional divisions and integrate its resources on every level. The sheer magnitude of the mutual obligations received widespread attention on both sides of the Atlantic as well as within the Communist bloc. The Korean War's impact on the development of the organization marginalized the prewar history of NATO. Kaplan asserts that the Korean War was not needed to convert the alliance into an organization, as it was already in place on June 25, 1950. The progress of NATO's development was often improvised and untidy, and "the first crude tools of the organization," as Dean Acheson noted, had been cast by the end of the London meeting of the North Atlantic Council in May 1950. The seeds of major changes took the form of the supreme allied commanders, and a civilian coordinating body could be found in negotiations conducted during the winter and spring of 1950. The origins of the "O" in NATO are found in the text of the North Atlantic Treaty, in Article 9, under whose auspices new responsibilities were justified.
The United States And Nato
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Author : Lawrence S. Kaplan
language : en
Publisher: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 1984
The United States And Nato written by Lawrence S. Kaplan and has been published by Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Political Science categories.
In this analysis of NATO's formation and early years, Kaplan describes how the Alliance began as a response to European perceptions and initiatives and ultimately led the U.S. to abandon its cherished tradition of non-entanglement. He examines the tortuous negotiations between Europeans and Americans and the bargaining among individuals, factions, and institutions in the United States to show how anguished the American decision to join Europe in a military alliance was. He also describes the early organizational developments and the impact of the Korean War on NATO. He concludes that though several problems that were not settled in the formative years and still plague NATO, it remains a primary means of bringing about a rational organization of international life. ISBN 0-8131-0159-X (pbk.) : $12.00.
Korea The War Before Vietnam
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Author : C. A. MacDonald
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Korea The War Before Vietnam written by C. A. MacDonald and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
Presents the politics, strategy, and debate surrounding the Korean War.
Alliance Policy In The Cold War
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Author : Arnold Wolfers
language : en
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Release Date : 1959
Alliance Policy In The Cold War written by Arnold Wolfers and has been published by Johns Hopkins University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Education categories.
The Korean War
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Author : Francis Howard Heller
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 1977
The Korean War written by Francis Howard Heller and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Fearing The Worst
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Author : Samuel F. Wells Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2019-11-26
Fearing The Worst written by Samuel F. Wells Jr. and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-26 with History categories.
After World War II, the escalating tensions of the Cold War shaped the international system. Fearing the Worst explains how the Korean War fundamentally changed postwar competition between the United States and the Soviet Union into a militarized confrontation that would last decades. Samuel F. Wells Jr. examines how military and political events interacted to escalate the conflict. Decisions made by the Truman administration in the first six months of the Korean War drove both superpowers to intensify their defense buildup. American leaders feared the worst-case scenario—that Stalin was prepared to start World War III—and raced to build up strategic arms, resulting in a struggle they did not seek out or intend. Their decisions stemmed from incomplete interpretations of Soviet and Chinese goals, especially the belief that China was a Kremlin puppet. Yet Stalin, Mao, and Kim Il-sung all had their own agendas, about which the United States lacked reliable intelligence. Drawing on newly available documents and memoirs—including previously restricted archives in Russia, China, and North Korea—Wells analyzes the key decision points that changed the course of the war. He also provides vivid profiles of the central actors as well as important but lesser known figures. Bringing together studies of military policy and diplomacy with the roles of technology, intelligence, and domestic politics in each of the principal nations, Fearing the Worst offers a new account of the Korean War and its lasting legacy.
Limited War Revisited
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Author : Robert E. Osgood
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-03-08
Limited War Revisited written by Robert E. Osgood and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-08 with Political Science categories.
The strategy of limited war has transformed the American approach to the use of force and played a key role in U.S. foreign policy since World War II. As the mainstay of containment it was designed to deter and fight wars effectively at a tolerable cost and risk in the nuclear age by providing the United States with a flexible and controlled response to a variety of military threats. The strategy met a severe challenge in the Vietnam war; it has nevertheless continued to prevail as a doctrine, if not necessarily with its former utility, by adapting to the changing domestic and international environment after Vietnam. Robert E. Osgood critically examines the success, ambiguities, and flaws of the strategy in its expanding application to postwar military policy. He interprets its impact on the Vietnam war and vice versa, extends his analysis to the new challenges posed by changes in technology and the military balance that affect U.S. security, and concludes with a searching inquiry into the problems of limited war where its utility as an instrument of foreign policy is now most in doubt: the Third World.
Nato And The United States
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Author : Lawrence S. Kaplan
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Release Date : 1988
Nato And The United States written by Lawrence S. Kaplan and has been published by Macmillan Reference USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Political Science categories.
This volume presents an authoritative history of the often tortuous partnership between the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Beginning with the founding of NATO, the book charts U.S. involvement with the organization and the political, economic, and military impact of such involvement on the United States, the European countries involved, and the international community. He also assesses the impact of such major events as the Korean War, the launch of Sputnik and de Gaulle's 1966 decision to pull France out of the organization. He concludes with a summary of the changes in its history. ISBN 0-8057-9200-7 (pbk.) : $10.95.
Nato The Entangling Alliance
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Author : Robert Endicott Osgood
language : en
Publisher: [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press [1962]
Release Date : 1962
Nato The Entangling Alliance written by Robert Endicott Osgood and has been published by [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press [1962] this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Nuclear arms control categories.
Nato After Sixty Years
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Author : James Sperling
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Nato After Sixty Years written by James Sperling and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with World politics categories.
This book addresses the challenges of adaptation confronting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the early twenty-first century. Comprised of essays from a range of experts, each chapter examines an aspect of NATO's difficult adjustment to the post-Cold War security challenges within and without its treaty-based responsibilities and competencies. This volume offers the basis for guarded optimism that NATO will persist and continue to perform its twin functions of collective defense and deterrence into the foreseeable future, despite the periodic crises that temporarily cast its future into doubt.