Through European Eyes: Need NATO Strategy be Changed?

Abstract

The author of this memorandum recognizes that the differences between the United States and European NATO have characterized the relationship since the founding of the Alliance. He then contends that a long list of recent US initiatives, particularly military initiatives, are so frightening to Europeans that the foundations of the Alliance--cohesion and the appearance of determination--may be undermined. Geopolitical factors influencing their histories and very different moods cause Europe and America to see NATO differently. He concludes that the Alliance is worth preserving and can be preserved if domestic considerations on both sides of the Atlantic are taken into consideration as NATO looks beyond immediate irritants to longer range mutual advantage. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA107902

Entities

People

  • Henry G. Gole

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Cohesion
  • Continents
  • Domestic
  • Europe
  • Geography
  • Human Behavior
  • Military Capabilities
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • North America
  • Security
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons
  • Western Europe

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Strategic Security Studies