DEFENSE OF THE WEST

Stanley R. Sloan is Visiting Scholar in Political Science at Middlebury College, Vermont and a Non-resident Senior Fellow in the Scowcroft Center at the Atlantic Council of the United States

Defense of the West delivers a clear and balanced interpretive history of transatlantic security relations from the late 1940s until 2015. The author writes in the authoritative and highly readable style that has made his work required reading for policy makers as well as academic experts on and students of international relations on both sides of the Atlantic. The lively text is also highly accessible for the citizen who wants to develop their understanding of how the United States and Europe came to their current, complex security relationship. The analysis suggests that the democratic principles and shared interests on which NATO and the European Union are based serve as the foundation for 'the West', a term that originated in the Cold War conflict between western democracies and the Soviet Union, but which continues to have meaning today in light of new challenges to Western security.

Foreword by Admiral James G. Stavridis (ret)Part I: Cold War alliance1. The bargain and defense of the West2. Genesis of the bargain3. The transatlantic bargain revised4. The bargain through the Cold War, 1954-895. The United States and Europe at the end of the Cold War: some fundamental factorsPart II: Post-Cold War alliance6. The 1990s: transitions and challenges7. The 2000s: turbulent transatlantic ties8. The 2010s: new tasks, new traumasPart III: Defense of the West9. External threats and internal challenges10. In defense of the WestIndex