02175cam a2200385 i 4500 rnd000000000111917 RAND 20200811100802.0 930831s1993 cauab b 001 0deng d 93010986 0833013858 RAND/MR-190-FF/RC (Sirsi) a344720 $100.00 paperback CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- UA646.3 .K83 1993 Kugler, Richard L. author. Commitment to purpose : how Alliance partnership won the Cold War / Richard L. Kugler. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1993. xvii, 565 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. 529-547) and index. This 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. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. North Atlantic Treaty Organization History. Cold War. United States Military policy. Rand Corporation. Ford Foundation. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR190/ 597322 597322