Enduring Alliance
A History of Nato and the Postwar Global Order
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4155053 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Timothy Smith (Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 262-263 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jahist/jaaa149 |
| OpenAlex | W3037495564 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
In the context of the current difficult relationship between President Donald J. Trump and European allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato), Timothy A. Sayle, an assistant professor of history at the University of Toronto, has written a relevant examination of the seventy-year history of the North Atlantic alliance. Most of the text is based on deep and thorough archival research, with the inclusion of significant secondary sources. The first part of the book covers the creation of the alliance in 1949. Sayle states that Nato's primary goal was to deter the Soviet Union and notes that the Nato founders’ common view was filtered through the experiences and lessons of twentieth-century wars. However, a recurring theme throughout the book is Sayle's assertion that the real threat to Western Europe was not an invasion by the Soviet Union but the political disintegration of the allies under Soviet pressure, leading to appeasement to avoid war. The fear was that the citizens of the Western European nations would pressure their governments to give in to Soviet demands to avoid war. Sayle argues that “the allies did not maintain Nato because it was an alliance of democracies, but because it offered the best insurance against the dangers of democracy” (p. 2
Alliance · Appeasement · Assertion · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Economic history · North Atlantic Treaty · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Treaty · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |