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Title

The future of the American military presence in Europe / Lloyd J. Matthews, editor.

Publication

[Carlisle, Pa.] : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2000.

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• Matthews, Lloyd J.
• Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Description

viii, 148 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.

Summary

Ten years have elapsed since the fall of the Berlin Wall, which served as a fitting symbol for the end of the Cold War. That historic juncture brought into question the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which has served Alliance members so well since its founding in 1949. It also brought into question the rationale for America s continued deep involvement in European security affairs. With the gradual realization that the Russian menace is essentially dead, at least for the next 10 to 15 years and perhaps longer, and with NATO s missions having evolved well beyond the original purpose of territorial defense, debate on both sides of the Atlantic has begun to intensify concerning the vital issue of where NATO should be headed and America s relation to the Alliance. To bring an array of informed voices to the debate, four institutions--the Office of the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies of the University of Chicago, and the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago--joined hands to sponsor a symposium titled The Future of U.S. Military Presence in Europe, held at the University of Chicago on August 4, 1999. The present book is an outgrowth of this symposium. It is not designed to set forth a literal record of words and events in the mold of the traditional symposium proceedings, but rather is organized as an anthology of individual chapters complemented by selected questions, answers, and comments by symposium participants and attendees.

Subject

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization > United States
• United States > Military relations > Europe
• Europe > Military relations > United States
• United States > Armed Forces > Europe

Note

• "May 1999"

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The future of the U.S.-European relationship: framing the discussion / John J. Hamre -- 2. Role of U.S. forces in Europe / Wesley K. Clark -- 3. Staying in Europe: a vital American interest / Klaus Naumann -- 4. America's stance toward Europe: moving away from a NATO-centered policy / Ted Galen Carpenter -- 5. Europe as a strategic staging base for 21st century stabilization operations / Robert H. Scales, Jr. -- 6. Enlarging role of NATO / Stephen Larrabee -- 7. Guiding NATO's future: a return to basics / Charles Glaser -- 8. Additional role for NATO: promoting collective security elsewhere / Carl Kaysen -- 9. Updating NATO forces for the 21st century -- 10 Modernizing, restructuring, adaptation: imperatives for NATO forces / Jay Garner -- 11. America's diminishing commitment to NATO: implications for service force structure / John J. Mearsheimer -- 12. Whither the U.S.-NATO partnership: consensus and dissent / Lloyd J. Matthews.

ISBN

1584870214

OCLC

44483182

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Harvard Library