Defending the NATO Alliance: Global Implications

During the 1970s and 1980s, analysts of the North Atlantic Alliance noted tensions within NATO, especially between the U.S. and its European allies. The disagreements were over strategic questions such as the flexible response strategy and the response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Schmitz considers how Third World nations influenced the security and economy of the West. He not only calls for a coordinated foreign policy -- a global strategy for the Alliance -- but also suggests a means for developing such a strategy and outlines advantages -- for Europe, America, and the Alliance -- of such a joint approach to global security.Schmitz, Peter N. is the author of 'Defending the NATO Alliance: Global Implications', published 2001 under ISBN 9780756710088 and ISBN 0756710081.