1st Edition

The Internal Fabric of Western Security

Edited By Gregory Flynn Copyright 1981
266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

Changes in domestic economic and political conditions, together with a loss of confidence in the United States leadership produced serious problems within the Atlantic Alliance. The Internal Fabric of Western Security (first published in 1981) examines the effects of domestic change upon perceived security requirements and explores ways to deal with the problems that developed. Beginning with... Read more

1. Western Security in the 1980s: A Familiar European Context in a Changing World
Gregory Flynn

2. The Security Challenge: The External and Internal Agendas of the Alliance
Gregory Flynn

3. German Defense Policy: Novel Solutions and Enduring Dilemmas
Josef Joffe

4. France and Her Army in the 1980s
Yves Laulan

5. The Italian Paradox: Consensus and Instability
Stefano Silvestri

6. The Domestic Content of British Defense Policy
Laurence Martin

7. Security Priorities in Conflict: In Search of Western Consensus
Gregory Flynn

8. A Somber Outlook
Gregory Flynn

Biography

Gregory Flynn has written and lectured widely on problems of European Security. He served as the Assistant Director of the Atlantic Institute of International Affairs.

Review of the first publication:

‘This incisive study provides a welcome respite from depictions of massive decay in Western security and in European commitment to the alliance.’

American Political Science Review, Volume 77, Issue 2