02175cam a2200385 i 4500001001900000003000500019005001700024008004100041010001300082020001500095027002200110035002000132037002300152040001900175043001200194050002300206100003200229245009300261264003700354300005200391336002600443337002600469337002800495338003600523338002700559504006400586520087000650530005801520610004901578650001401627651003601641710002201677710002101699856006901720rnd000000000111917RAND20200811100802.0930831s1993    cauab    b    001 0deng d  a93010986  a0833013858  aRAND/MR-190-FF/RC  a(Sirsi) a344720  c$100.00fpaperback  aCstmoRcCstmoR  an-us---00aUA646.3b.K83 19931 aKugler, Richard L.eauthor.10aCommitment to purpose :bhow Alliance partnership won the Cold War /cRichard L. Kugler. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c1993.  axvii, 565 pages :billustrations, maps ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 529-547) and index.  aThis book presents an in-depth historical analysis of how the Cold War unfolded in Europe from 1946-1992. It focuses on the NATO-Warsaw Pact military confrontation, but it views this confrontation in the larger framework of security policies and East-West diplomacy on both sides. Its thesis is that the West won the Cold War because it not only forged the NATO military alliance, but also learned how to make this alliance work by mastering the art of peacetime coalition planning. The effect was to keep Western Europe secure, thereby allowing the West's superior economic performance and political cohesion to overshadow the rival Soviet-led bloc. A further thesis is that the western alliance should be kept alive in order to deal with new problems on Europe's horizon. The book includes a foreword by Robert Komer, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.20aNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationxHistory. 0aCold War. 0aUnited StatesxMilitary policy.2 aRand Corporation.2 aFord Foundation.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR190/