The book presents a unified interpretation of the World Wars, emphasizing the interwar years as a time of rearmament driven by expectations of future conflict. It explores how these assumptions about warfare led to a significantly more violent confrontation than experienced during the First World War, highlighting the evolving nature of military strategy and the geopolitical landscape during this tumultuous period in modern history.
This compact book gives readers a half-century of NATO history in just over 250 pages! An integrated look at the evolution of the foreign policies of the major NATO states during and after the Cold War, it concentrates on the politics and diplomacy of the Alliance as well as studies the nature of a successful military coalition. The book's treatment of the diplomatic crisis over the US-led war in Iraq makes it the most up-to-date study of NATO, and its lucid explanation of deep-seated trans-Atlantic divergence on the nature of contemporary global affairs and the place of multilateralism within them allows readers to learn a great deal in a short period. Topics the American mission in Europe, Atlantic Ostopolitik , the expeditionary NATO (Desert Storm, the Bosnia crisis, and humanitarian war), smart war and responsible statecraft, the decline of NATO, and the future for Atlanticism. An excellent reference for those involved in state and foreign affairs, this book is also an excellent source of information for any reader interested in NATO and international relations.
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Focusing on military operations from the French Revolution to World War I, the book explores the intricate interplay between political objectives and military strategy. It delves into how states navigated the challenges of executing strategic goals through their military efforts, providing insights into the evolution of warfare and its connection to political intentions during this transformative period in history.
In the late twentieth century the effectiveness of government in the United States has come under profound strain. The burdens of superpower status have imposed contradictory demands on the populace, testing the national consensus on the ends of government at home and the goals of American power abroad. Partisan competition for the loyalty of the electorate, meanwhile, has eroded popular understanding of the founding principles of the republic. «You cannot», said Lincoln, «fool all of the people all of the time.» But today the vitality of the American republic depends as never before on the refusal of its citizens to fool themselves.
Scholars offer a broad perspective of the central themes in German-American relations in the 20th century and show how the current developments have evolved. This survey should help to fill a gap in the literature covering the relationships between Germany and the United States.