Securing Peace in Europe, 1945–62

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Beatrice Heuser

      Pages 1-13

3. The Formative Years of NATO

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Stalin as Hitler’s Successor: Western Interpretations of the Soviet Threat

      • Beatrice Heuser

      Pages 17-40

   3. British Policy Overseas: The ‘Third Force’ and the Origins of NATO — in Search of a New Perspective

      • John Kent, John W. Young

      Pages 41-61

4. NATO’s Problems on the Central Front

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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   2. The Berlin Crises of 1948–49 and 1958–62

      • Kori Schake

      Pages 65-83

   3. The Berlin Crises, France, and the Atlantic Alliance, 1947–62: From Integration to Disintegration

      • Cyril Buffet

      Pages 84-104

   4. France and the Leadership of the West in the 1950s: A Story of Disenchantment

      • Gérard Bossuat

      Pages 105-124

   5. Anthony Eden and the Framework of Security: Britain’s Alternatives to the European Defence Community, 1951–54

      • Olaf Mager

      Pages 125-138

   6. Nuclear Weapons and British—German Relations

      • Christoph Bluth

      Pages 139-156

5. The Mediterranean and the Far East

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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   2. Spain, Drumbeat and NATO: Incorporating Franco’s Spain in Western Defence

      • Jill Edwards

      Pages 159-172

   3. The Neglected Flank? NATO in the Mediterranean 1949–56

      • Elena Calandri

      Pages 173-195

   4. Italy and Western Defence 1948–55: The Elusive Ally

      • Antonio Varsori

      Pages 196-221

   5. Italy and the Nuclear Choices of the Atlantic Alliance, 1955–63

      • Leopoldo Nuti

      Pages 222-245

   6. Alliance Under Stress: Anglo—American Relations and East Asia, 1949–51

      • James T. H. Tang

      Pages 246-259

   7. NATO, ‘Alliance’ and the Suez Crisis

      • W. S. Lucas

      Pages 260-276

6. Problems within the Alliance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 277-277

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   2. Problems of Military Production Co-ordination

      • Ine Megens

      Pages 279-292

As European security structures are undergoing transformation in the 1990s it is crucial to examine their origins and rationale: NATO secured peace and facilitated economic and political co-operation, while also becoming the vehicle of national rivalry. This book examines why and how NATO came into existence, and what its strengths and weaknesses were during its formative years. It draws conclusions from these experiences relevant to the reforms of Western security structures in the 1990s.

• Europe
• Front
• NATO

• Institut de France, France

  Beatrice Heuser

• University of Oxford, UK

  Robert O’Neill

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