History of NATO

A History of NATO - The First Fifty Years offers the first comprehensive study of the institution's activities and development over the past five decades. Written by a team of international scholars, it analyses the factors which have made NATO the most successful politico-military alliance in history. It also addresses the perennial problems of transatlantic relationships, the problems that the Alliance grapples with today. A wide-ranging and masterful survey, A History of NATO-The First Fifty Years will be an indispensable reference work for researchers as well as an accessible guide for students. The 3 volumes contain the work of over sixty contributors including articles from Lawrence S. Kaplan, Michael J. Brenner, Christopher Coker, John English, J.L. Granatstein, Bruce Kuniholm, Olav Riste, Kori Schaker, Klaus Schwabe and Rolf Tamnes.

'This three-volume project is the most comprehensive imaginable The work was also done with acute awareness of the current problems facing NATO. Many a NATO official and many a journalist who thinks the world began in 1990 or whenever they assumed their present post would do well to read these contributions, not because history repeats itself, but because enduring structures can produce variations on the same problem. But this collection of articles is priceless information not only for officials and journalists. It should be basic reading for any student of NATO and merits a place on any International Relations syllabus.' - D.B.G. Heuser, Professor of International and Strategic Studies, Department of War Studies, King's College, London

'In the post-Cold War world, as in the previous half-century, NATO continues to be at the centre of U.S.-European relations, and remains the globe's most important alliance. This work, authored by many of the most distinguished persons working the field, and sharpened by the most important conference yet to be held to evaluate the increasingly tense relationships, must be at the centre of future discussions, studies, and policymaking on the subject.' - Walter LáFeber, Cornell University

Clearly towers above most...what has emerged is an important work of synthesis and original scholarship that encourages reflection...' - International Affairs

BURAK AKCAPAR Member of NATO's Defence and Planning and Operations Division, Brussels VALÉRIE AUBOURG Sorbonne University, Paris MATS BERDAL Research Fellow, St. Antony's College, Oxford FRÉDÉRIC BOZO Professor of International History, University of Nantes MICHAEL J. BRENNER Professor of International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh CHARLES G. COGAN Senior Research Associate, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University CHRISTPHER COKER Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science MAURIZIO CREMASCO Senior Researcher, Strategic and Security Studies, Institute of International Affairs, Rome ANN-SOPHIE DAHL President, Swedish Atlantic Council, Stockholm ALEX DANCHEV Professor of International Relations, Keele University EDWARD DREA Contact Historian, Office of the Secretary of Defence, Washington JOHN ENGLISH Professor of Director, Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism, University of Waterloo, Ontario PEER EVERTS Commandant, Institute for Leadership, Media and Education, Breda HALL GARDNER Professor and Chair, Department of International Affairs, American University, Paris J.L.GRANATSTEIN Director, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa ROBERT P. GRANT Senior Research Associate, U.S.Centre for Research and Education on Strategy and Technology DAVID G. HAGLUND Head of Department, Political Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario JEAN-YVES HAINE Department of Government, Harvard University KEITH HAYWARD Head of Research, Society of British Aerospace Companies NORMAN HILLMER Professor of History, Carleton University, Ottawa JOLYON HOWORTH Professor of French Civilization, Department of European Studies, University of Bath VALUR INGIMUNDARSON Professor of History, University of Iceland, Reykjavik KARL-HEINZ KAMP Head of Research, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Sankt Augustin LAWRENCE S. KAPLAN University Professor Emeritus of History, Kent State University, Ohio SEAN KAY Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and Government, Ohio Wesleyan University JOHN KENT Senior Lecturer, London School of Economics and Political Science WOLFGANG KRIEGER Chair, Modern History/International Relations, University of Marburg BRUCE R. KUNIHOLM Professor of Public Policy Studies, Duke University FRODE LILAND Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies MIKAEL AF MALMBORG Senior Associate Member, St., Antony's College, Oxford SEAN M. MALONEY Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario VOJTECH MASTNY Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Centre for International Scholars, Washington MICHAEL MCGWIRE Defence Analyst, Brookings Institution, Washington JACQUELINE MCGLADE Assistant Professor of History, Monmouth University STEVEN MCGUIRE Lecturer, International Management, Royal Holloway, University of London SVEIN MELBY Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs ANAND MENON Lecturer, Centre for European Politics, Economics and Society, Oxford ALAN K. MILWARD Professor.