Permanent Alliance?: NATO and the Transatlantic Bargain from Truman to Obama

Foreword by the Honorable Lee H. Hamilton; Acknowledgments; NATO and EU Maps; List of Acronyms; Part I Cold War Alliance; Chapter 1 The Bargain as a Framework for Analysis; Chapter 2 Genesis of the Bargain; Chapter 3 The Transatlantic Bargain Revised; Chapter 4 The Bargain through the Cold War, 1954-1989; Chapter 5 The United States and Europe at the End of the Cold War: Some Fundamental Factors; Part II Post Cold War Alliance; Chapter 6 NATO Outreach and Enlargement: The Legacy of Harmel; Chapter 7 NATO and Russia: Partnership or New Cold War?; Chapter 8 NATO's Post-Cold War Military Missions in Theory and Practice; Chapter 9 NATO in Afghanistan; Chapter 10 European Security and Defense Policy and the Transatlantic Bargain; Chapter 11 Implications of the Bush, 9/11 and Iraq Shocks for the Transatlantic Bargain; Part III: Permanent Alliance?; Chapter 12 Is NATO Necessary but Not Sufficient?; Chapter 13 Permanent Alliance?; Appendix: The North Atlantic Treaty, Washington, D.C., April 4, 1949; Selected Bibliography; About the Author; Index.

Stanley R. Sloan is the founding Director of the Atlantic Community Initiative, a Visiting Scholar at the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs at Middlebury College, VT, and President of VIC-Vermont, a private consulting firm. Dr. Sloan has lectured widely on US foreign and security policy and Euro-Atlantic security issues in Europe and in the US. He is an internationally recognized expert on defense and foreign policy, with over thirty years of experience as a government foreign and security policy analyst.

"No one is more qualified to write a study on transatlantic relations than Stan Sloan. During his professional life at the Congressional Research Service he has gathered invaluable insights in the field of transatlantic relations. He continued his career teaching and researching the subject matter at American and European universities and 'think tanks'. Through careful research and thoughtful analysis, Sloan outlines in a new book the past. present and future of the transatlantic bargain. He convincingly argues that although NATO lies at the heart of the transatlantic bargain, NATO has always been more than simply a collective defense organization. It also represents a community of values. Whether this will be enough to survive the 21st century remains to be seen. He discusses various ideas and opinions to strengthen NATO's viability, putting forward amongst others the idea for a reinforced Atlantic community. Sloan's book is an outstanding study on the subject matter of transatlantic relations. He is an original thinker, an experienced researcher and - clearly visible- loves the subject matter. This study is a must both for teachers and students of political science and contemporary history." Bram Boxhoorn, Director Netherlands Atlantic Association