The United States and the Atlantic Community: Issues and Prospects
Editat de James R. Roach Introducere de M. Donald Hancocken Limba Engleză Paperback – 1967
The grave crisis of confidence in the Atlantic Community resulted, ironically, from the success of NATO in combining the resources of thirteen European states with those of Canada and the United States in a common achievement of peace, economic stability, and security in the face of the postwar threat from the Soviet Union. Now that these objectives are obtained, one argument ran, NATO is no longer needed. The Soviet threat still exists, went another, and seems to be dispelled only because of the presence of NATO; what is needed is revision of policies and functions of the organization to fit new conditions.
The changes in the nature of international relations in the two decades after World War II were of two kinds: those inherent in the world international situation—the economic recovery of Europe (which brought new urgency to the desire for more independence from the United States), the disintegration of European colonial empires, the softened aspect of the Soviet threat, and the great advances in modern technology; and those that depended upon policy decisions—whether Europe should be a confederacy (as advocated by De Gaulle) or a federal union (as advocated by Jean Monnet) and what should be the international policy of a united Europe on such issues as a third force between the United States and Russia, unified or separate approaches to the East and the West, German unity, and military security.
A consideration of what these changes implied for the United States was the purpose of the series of papers collected in this volume. The names of the authors and the titles of their papers indicate the variety of views and interests expressed and the scope of the discussion: Henry A. Kissinger, Professor of Government at Harvard, “NATO: Evolution or Decline” André Philip, Professor of Economics at the Sorbonne, “The Atlantic Economy: Partners and Rivals” Hans Speier, member of the RAND Corporation Council, “Germany: The Continuing Challenge” Fritz Erler, a leader of the German Social Democratic Party, “Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union” John J. Mccloy, former World Bank president and former U.S. military governor and high commissioner for Germany, “American Interests and Europe’s Future.”
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780292766426
ISBN-10: 0292766424
Pagini: 96
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
ISBN-10: 0292766424
Pagini: 96
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Notă biografică
This volume is edited by James R. Roach (1922–2010), Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. M. Donald Hancock, also Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, has written a helpful introduction that presents the background essential to a full understanding of the papers.
Cuprins
- Atlantic Agenda: An Introduction (M. Donald Hancock)
- NATO: Evolution or Decline (Henry A. Kissinger)
- The Atlantic Economy: Partners and Rivals (André Philip)
- Germany, the Continuing Challenge (Hans Speier)
- Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union (Fritz Erler)
- American Interests and Europe’s Future (John J. Mccloy)
Descriere
A series of lectures delivered by five eminent statesmen and political theorists at the University of Texas in the spring of 1966 on the general theme of “The United States and the Atlantic Community: Issues and Prospects.”