1st Edition
NATO and Western Perceptions of the Soviet Bloc Alliance Analysis and Reporting, 1951-69
Introduction 1. A New Look at the Opponent, 1951-56 2. The Emergence of Specialised Studies: from the Three Wise Men to APAG, 1957-62 3. A More Complex Cold War, 1963-67: Doubt, Optimism and the Prospect of Detente 4. On the Road to Detente, 1967-69: The Harmel Report, The Prague Spring and the Dynamics of the Cold War 5. Conclusions
Biography
Evanthis Hatzivassiliou is Associate Professor at the Department of History at the University of Athens, Greece. He is author of Greece and the Cold War (Routledge 2006).
"Hatzivassiliou (Univ. of Athens) has written a solid monograph of the West and NATO's assessment of the Soviet Bloc, 1951-69. The book is based mainly on archives and published documents at NATO headquarters in Brussels as well as in the US and UK. Well written, it ultimately praises the US for its helpful willingness through the Marshall Plan and NATO to rebuild and protect Europe and allow Western Europeans to reconnect with the values that made and make them Western." D.J.Dunn, Texas State University--San Marcos
Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. CHOICE
