The Politics of Collective Inaction
Nato's Response to the Prague Spring
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12747484 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John G McGinn (RAND Corporation, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 111-138 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cold War Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1520-3972 • E-ISSN: 1531-3298 |
| Publisher | The MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/152039799316976823 |
| OpenAlex | W2040667001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) kept close track of developments in Czechoslovakia throughout 1968, but the alliance did not pursue a coherent policy toward the uprising. A close examination of NATO actions from January 1968 until the invasion on 20–21 August helps explain why a coordinated approach never materialized. Certain structural features of the alliance and a host of domestic and external distractions precluded a joint response. NATO members worked individually rather than collectively to avert Soviet military action through quiet diplomacy, but these efforts made almost no difference
Action (physics · Alliance · Collective action · Diplomacy · North Atlantic Treaty · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spring (device · Treaty · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Engineering · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2019 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |