HOW ALLIES COLLABORATE: THE NATO TRAINING EXPERIENCE

Abstract

The document presents a survey of NATO coordination of training programs for allied military forces and its implications about collaboration among allies in peacetime. Three types of training are analyzed. NATO's experience in the training function tends to confirm the utilitarian concept of a nation's behavior in alliances. Where national self-interest is served-- because of scarcity of an essential commodity or strategic necessity-- cooperation is willingly engaged in. Where cooperation involves a sacrifice for the common welfare, it is declined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0680764

Entities

People

  • E. Vandevanter Jr.

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Doctrine
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Education
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Political Science
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design