Overview
Countless editorials have addressed the if, how, why, when, and who dimensions of NATO enlargement. These issues will continue to generate debate despite the Madrid summit decisions and will invariably influence legislators in discharging their historic responsibility to provide advice and consent to ratification of the protocols of accession before April 1999. Congressman Solomon's volume will help place these issues in perspective, answer the skeptics of enlargement, and provide the missing historical context for the profound geopolitical challenge of European security on the cusp of the 21st century. He begins by reviewing NATO's initial response, from 1989 to 1990, to the collapse of the Warsaw Pact. The early moves from outreach toward enlargement are then explored, and then he examines how NATO sought to combine the two strands of prospective enlargement while engaging nations not seeking NATO membership, especially Russia, to prepare for coalition operations and the spread of democratic security values. Next he analyzes how the Partnership for Peace concept eventually progressed toward the decisions to invite the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join the alliance by 1999. Important reading for scholars, policymakers, and citizens concerned with current strategic and international relations issues.
Full Product Details
Author: Gerald B. Solomon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.312kg
ISBN: 9780275962906
ISBN 10: 0275962903
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 25 March 1998
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
The historical significance of NATO is much greater than any benefit gained by the member states of the alliance. The same could be said of NATO's openness concept--the continuous acceptance of new members that, when realized, is called NATO enlargement. This process has protected the democratic world and is expanding it. I extend my heartiest congratulations to U.S. Congressman Gerald B. Solomon for this record of enlargement's history. His important work contributes to the reinforcement of democracy in the world. -Vytautas Landsbergis Chairman of the Parliament, Republic of Lithuania
Solomon draws his research data from a wide range of sources, with extensive and well-chosen quotes frequently used to docoment individual phases of the debate....Solomon's book reflects his long-term involvement with the NATO enlargement process, of which he has been a great supporter, and offers us useful insight into that process. His clear narrative line is supported by the wealth of quotes, thus bringing the events to life. The NATO Enlargement Debate is a much-needed historical compendium on the NATO enlargement debate and its impact on European security. -NSSQ ?Solomon draws his research data from a wide range of sources, with extensive and well-chosen quotes frequently used to docoment individual phases of the debate....Solomon's book reflects his long-term involvement with the NATO enlargement process, of which he has been a great supporter, and offers us useful insight into that process. His clear narrative line is supported by the wealth of quotes, thus bringing the events to life. The NATO Enlargement Debate is a much-needed historical compendium on the NATO enlargement debate and its impact on European security.?-NSSQ ?The book will be useful for reseachers on NATO....[I]t could be used effectively in an undergraduate course on NATO or U.S. foreign policy.?-Perspectives on Political Science The book will be useful for reseachers on NATO....[I]t could be used effectively in an undergraduate course on NATO or U.S. foreign policy. -Perspectives on Political Science A valuable historical overview of how a major strategic initiative germinated, sprouted, and then transformed the Euro-Atlantic geopolitical space. -Zbigniew Brzezinski Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies Former U.S. National Security Advisor Gerald Solomon has been a vigorous and tireless leader of NATO enlargement, both inside and outside of Congress, in the United States, and in Europe. His account is a practitioner's perspective by a politician who has brought to Congress a keen understanding of foreign affairs. This is required reading for those who seek better to understand the rationale and history of NATO enlargement. -William V. Roth, Jr. U.S. Senate The historical significance of NATO is much greater than any benefit gained by the member states of the alliance. The same could be said of NATO's openness concept--the continuous acceptance of new members that, when realized, is called NATO enlargement. This process has protected the democratic world and is expanding it. I extend my heartiest congratulations to U.S. Congressman Gerald B. Solomon for this record of enlargement's history. His important work contributes to the reinforcement of democracy in the world. -Vytautas Landsbergis Chairman of the Parliament, Republic of Lithuania
Author Information
REPRESENTATIVE GERALD B. SOLOMON (R-NY) is chairman of the Rules Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and vice president of the North Atlantic Assembly, the NATO parliamentarians' organization in Brussels./e In September 1997 the Speaker of the House appointed Congressman Solomon as chairman of the House NATO Observers' Group. During the Reagan administration, he served as ambassador designate to the United Nations and congressional adviser to the United Nations Special Session on Disarmament.
