NATO in the Cold War and After

<p>This book examines episodes in NATO’s history from the founding of the North Atlantic Alliance in 1949 to its transition to the post-Cold War order in the 1990s with an eye to better understanding its present and its future. </p><p>NATO’s history now running over seventy years can no longer be framed in Cold War terms alone. Nor can the organization be understood fully as a post-Cold War institution. Today’s NATO is a product of both these eras. This edited volume offers a reconsideration of NATO’s place in history looking both at how the alliance coped with the Cold War and how it managed its difficult transition to the post-Cold War international order. Contributors recount how NATO coped with its many political and operational challenges which on occasion threatened – but never managed to – derail the alliance. The book opens new vistas for explaining how NATO thrived and survived for decades and ponders whether it will survive for many more.</p><p>The book will be of great value to scholars students and policymakers interested in Politics International Studies Global Affairs and Public Policy. </p><p>The chapters were originally published as a special issue of <i>Journal of Strategic Studies</i>.</p>