The NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society, 1969–1975
Transatlantic Relations, the Cold War and the Environment
Authors: Hatzivassiliou, Evanthis
Free Preview- First book to explore the history of NATO in the 1970s and specifically the Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society
- Anlayses the impact of emerging international, environmental cooperation on transatlantic relations
- Places environmental and science history in the context of international affairs
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- About this book
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This book is the first comprehensive study of the setting up and early development of the NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS), or the alliance’s environmental programme. This expansion of allied cooperation is an interesting indicator of transatlantic relations during an era of transition and under the impact of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger’s diplomacy. The book discusses intra-NATO politics, the projects of the early years and the participation in CCMS projects of non-NATO countries – an unusual feature in the activity of a military alliance. Environmental cooperation in NATO was part of the changes which scientific cooperation was effecting in the international system during the entry into the post-industrial era. The making of the CCMS is the story of a crisis of adjustment to the new era, of hiccups in transatlantic relationships, but ultimately also a story of transatlantic unity. The book will be of much interest to students of NATO, the Cold War, international and environmental history, history of science and international relations.
- About the authors
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Evanthis Hatzivassiliou is Professor of Postwar History at the Department of History of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He is the author of Greece and the Cold War: Frontline State, 1952-1967 (2006); NATO and Western Perceptions of the Soviet Bloc: Alliance Analysis and Reporting (2014).
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“The NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society sheds new light on the anxieties facing the Western allies. … This overview of the CCMS’s early studies offers a reminder that NATO’s operations have long been far more complex and diverse than the phrase ‘political and military alliance’ suggests.” (Susan Colbourn, H-Net Reviews, h-net.org, April 16, 2019)
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-28
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The Making of the CCMS, 1969
Pages 29-58
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The CCMS in NATO Politics: From Doubt to Acceptance, 1970–1975
Pages 59-94
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Dress Rehearsal: The CCMS and Narcotics, 1970–1972
Pages 95-117
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CCMS: The Projects 1970–1975
Pages 119-179
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society, 1969–1975
- Book Subtitle
- Transatlantic Relations, the Cold War and the Environment
- Authors
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- Evanthis Hatzivassiliou
- Series Title
- Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-53847-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-53847-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-53846-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-85256-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 287
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations
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