Permanent Alliance?: NATO and the Transatlantic Bargain from Truman to Obama

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This book is an interpretive analysis of transatlantic security relations from the preparation of the North Atlantic Treaty to the Obama administration.

Stanley R. Sloan is the founding Director of the Atlantic Community Initiative, a Visiting Scholar at the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs at Middlebury College, VT, and President of VIC-Vermont, a private consulting firm. Dr. Sloan has lectured widely on US foreign and security policy and Euro-Atlantic security issues in Europe and in the US. He is an internationally recognized expert on defense and foreign policy, with over thirty years of experience as a government foreign and security policy analyst.

"Stanley Sloan, a distinguished NATO analyst, has been thinking, lecturing, and writing about the "transatlantic bargain" for over a generation. In this, his third book on the subject, he has produced a masterly re-examination of the sixty-year relationship between America and Europe. Cautiously optimistic about NATO's future, this authoritative study should be welcomed by scholars and policymakers alike. It will be a valuable text for my NATO history classes." -- Lawrence S. Kaplan, Emeritus Director of the Lyman, L.Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies, Kent State University "No one is more qualified to write a study on transatlantic relations than Stan Sloan. During his professional life at the Congressional Research Service he has gathered invaluable insights in the field of transatlantic relations. He continued his career teaching and researching the subject matter at American and European universities and 'think tanks'. Through careful research and thoughtful analysis, Sloan outlines in a new book the past. present and future of the transatlantic bargain. He convincingly argues that although NATO lies at the heart of the transatlantic bargain, NATO has always been more than simply a collective defense organization. It also represents a community of values. Whether this will be enough to survive the 21st century remains to be seen. He discusses various ideas and opinions to strengthen NATO's viability, putting forward amongst others the idea for a reinforced Atlantic community. Sloan's book is an outstanding study on the subject matter of transatlantic relations. He is an original thinker, an experienced researcher and - clearly visible- loves the subject matter. This study is a must both for teachers and students of political science and contemporary history." --Bram Boxhoorn, Director Netherlands Atlantic Association "Stanley Sloan has for many years been one of the most influential and authoritative analysts of the NATO Alliance. In his new book "Permanent Alliance" he demonstrates once again his in-depth knowledge of NATO issues and his sound, balanced judgements of both the strengths and weaknesses of the Alliance as it strives to adapt to the 21st century security challenges. This book should be at the top of the list for anyone who wants to understand today's NATO." --Jamie Shea, Director, Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General,NATO Author wrote Op-Ed "In Defense of NATO" for the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/opinion/29iht-edsloan28.html?_r=2 Praised by Roger George, professor at National Defense University with an extensive career in government, including service as the National Intelligence Officer for Europe: 'I had the chance to read your book cover to cover and loved it; could not find a chapter I wouldn't assign.' Reviewed in the Central European Journal of International and Security Studies.