Nato 1948 by Kaplan, Lawrence S. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Preface 1 - Introduction: The Isolationist Tradition, 1800—1947

ISOLATIONISM REDUX THE WORLD WAR II “ALLIANCE” THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE THE MARSHALL PLAN BEVIN-BIDAULT COLLABORATION HICKERSON’S REACTIONS NOTES

2 - “The Speech”: 22 January 1948

SPIRITUAL FEDERATION UNDERSTANDING BEVIN TOWARD “THE SPEECH” REACTIONS TO THE SPEECH THE ERP AS A CATALYST FRANCE DIT: ATTENDEZ DONC BENELUX SUSPICIONS THE SOVIET UNION AS DEUS EX MACHINA NOTES

3 - The Brussels Pact: 17 March 1948

THE ALMOST PERFECT STORM THE ITALIAN DISTRACTION NORWAY UNDER THE GUN CLAY’S WAKE-UP CALL THE CLOUDS BURST OVER BRUSSELS THE EUROPEANISTS TRIUMPHANT? THE “ULTRA-ULTRA SECRET” PENTAGON TALKS NOTES

4 - The Vandenberg Resolution: 11 June 1948

THE STATE DEPARTMENT CONFLICTED THE HAGUE DIVERSION—MAY 1948 THE WESTERN UNION IN DISARRAY WESTERN UNION INITIATIVES LOVETT’S PROBLEMS THE ODD COUPLE: LOVETT AND VANDENBERG THE VANDENBERG RESOLUTION TOWARD AN ATLANTIC ALLIANCE NOTES

5 - The “Exploratory” Talks: July—September 1948

ARRIÈRES-PENSÉES—JUNE 1948 IMPACT OF THE BERLIN BLOCKADE FRANCE JOINS ITS ALLIES—WITH RESERVATIONS THE AMBASSADORS GATHER THE CAST OF CHARACTERS A VIENNESE MINUET? THE UNITED STATES AS QUESTION MARK THE BAND OF BROTHERS THE WORKING PARTY IN ACTION CORE ISSUES THE FRENCH WILD CARD THE LURE OF EUROPEAN UNITY THE WASHINGTON PAPER—9 SEPTEMBER 1948 NOTES

6 - The Western Union Defense Organization: 1948—1949

THE POTEMKIN FACTOR THE JCS IN A QUANDARY THE WESTERN UNION MAKES PROMISES LEMNITZER IN LONDON CAUTIOUS REACTIONS MONTY AS “COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF” INITIATING THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WAS THERE A CONSPIRACY? NOTES

7 - The Hiatus: September–December 1948

WAITING FOR DEWEY ENTR’ACTE—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1948 THE STEPPING-STONE STATES THE CASE OF ITALY EUROPEAN FEDERATION REDUX THE PERENNIAL GERMAN QUESTION THE IMPACT OF THE TRUMAN ELECTION NOTES

8 - Toward the Treaty of Washington, January—April 1949

THE LONGEST LAP DEAN ACHESON VERSUS THE U.S. SENATE ACHESON AND THE WESTERN EUROPEANS ACHESON AND THE U.S. EUROPEANISTS ACHESON BRIDGES GAPS BRINGING IN THE STEPPING-STONE COUNTRIES THE MEDITERRANEAN ISSUE WESTERN UNION AND THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MEETING THE TERMS OF THE UN CHARTER RACING TO THE FINISH LINE NOTES

9 - The Relevance of NATO in the Post-Cold War Era

A PATH NOT TAKEN THE PREFERRED PATH THE UNILATERAL TEMPTATIONS IN THE COLD WAR NEW MISSIONS, OLD QUARRELS NATO VERSUS THE EUROPEAN UNION THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY TODAY NOTES

Appendix A - The Brussels Pact Appendix B - The Vandenberg Resolution (S. 239) Appendix C - The North Atlantic Treaty Bibliographic Essay Index About the Author