NATO Chronicle: The Cold War Years

Abstract

Can the Atlantic Alliance handle the items on the agenda of the Washington Summit? Can it enlarge as well as adopt a new Strategic Concept and a long-term defense reform plan for a new era? Can it forge sensible policies for threats that arise outside its borders? Can it pursue both an eastern and a southern strategy? Can it preserve the transatlantic bond even as Europeans pursue their own identity? Can it act wisely not only at the summit but afterwards to implement new policies? While critics may doubt the ability of NATO to master such a new and demanding agenda, events over the four decades of the Cold War offer reassurance. The Alliance faced challenges and met them, however imperfectly. Its wise actions and strength in times of turmoil are a key reason the West won the Cold War. If the past is prologue, it can rise to the occasion again.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA524254

Entities

People

  • Richard L. Kugler

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Central Europe
  • Cold War
  • Eastern Europe
  • European Union
  • Germany
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Nato
  • Nato Forces
  • North America
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Warfare
  • Western Europe

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies