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050	0	0	_aUA646.3 _b.K83 1993
100	1		_aKugler, Richard L. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCommitment to purpose : _bhow Alliance partnership won the Cold War / _cRichard L. Kugler.
264		1	_aSanta Monica, CA : _bRAND, _c1993.
300			_axvii, 565 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 529-547) and index.
520			_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.
530			_aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
610	2	0	_aNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization _xHistory.
650		0	_aCold War.
651		0	_aUnited States _xMilitary policy.
710	2		_aRand Corporation.
710	2		_aFord Foundation.
856	4	1	_yOnline Access _uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR190/
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