1st Edition

Transforming NATO in the Cold War Challenges beyond Deterrence in the 1960s

Edited By Andreas Wenger, Christian Nuenlist, Anna Locher Copyright 2007
266 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

The first comprehensive history of NATO in the 1960s, based on the systematic use of multinational archival evidence. This new book is the result of a gathering of leading Cold War historians from both sides of the Atlantic, including Jeremi Suri, Erin Mahan, and Leopoldo Nuti. It shows in great detail how the transformation of NATO since 1991 has opened up new perspectives on the... Read more

Editor’s Acknowledgements  List of contributors  Preface Lawrence S. Kaplan  Part I: Introduction  1. New Perspectives on NATO History  Andreas Wenger, Christian Nuenlist, and Anna Locher  Part II: The Atlantic Community: The Promise of Alliance  2. The Normative Resilience of NATO: A Community of Shared Values amid Public Discord  Jeremi Suri  3. Not a NATO Responsibility? Psychological Warfare, the Berlin Crisis, and the Formation of Interdoc Giles Scott-Smith  4. Beyond NATO: Transnational Elite Networks and the Atlantic Alliance Thomas W. Gijswijt  Part III: NATO, de Gaulle, and Détente  5. Into the 1960s: NATO’s Role in East-West Relations, 1958–63 Christian Nuenlist  6. Through the Looking Glass: The Berlin Crisis and Franco-American Perceptions of NATO, 1961–63 Erin Mahan  7. A Crisis Foretold: NATO and France, 1963–66 Anna Locher  Part IV: Nuclear Dilemmas: NATO Consultation and Social Protest  8. Diverging Perceptions of Security: NATO, Nuclear Weapons, and Social Protest Holger Nehring  9. From Hardware to Software: The End of the MLF and the Rise of the Nuclear Planning Group Andrew Priest  10. NATO and the Non-Proliferation Treaty: Triangulations between Bonn, Washington, and Moscow Oliver Bange  Part V: Changing Domestic Perspectives on NATO  11. Striving for Détente: Denmark and NATO, 1966–67 Jonathan Søborg Agger  12. A Decade of Delusions and Disappointments: Italy and NATO in the 1960s Leopoldo Nuti  Part VI: Conclusion  13. NATO’s Transformation in the 1960s and the Ensuing Political Order in Europe Andreas Wenger  Index

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Andreas Wenger, Christian Nuenlist, Anna Locher