Securing Peace in Europe, 1945-62: Thoughts for the post-Cold War Era

Preface - Notes on Contributors - Introduction; B.Heuser - I: THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF NATO - Stalin as Hitler's Successor: Western Interpretations of the Soviet Threat; B.Heuser - British Policy Overseas: the 'Third Force' and the Origins of NATO, 1947-49; J.W.Young & J.Kent - II: NATO'S PROBLEMS ON THE CENTRAL FRONT - The Berlin Crises of 1948-49 and 1958-62; K.Schake - The Berlin Crises, France, and the Atlantic Alliance, 1947-61: From Integration to Disintegration; C.Buffet - France and the Leadership of the West in the 1950s: the Story of a Disenchantment; G.Bossuat - Anthony Eden and the Framework of Security: Britain's Alternatives to the European Defence Community, 1951-54; O.Mager - Nuclear Weapons and British-German Relations; C.Bluth - III: THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE FAR EAST - Spain, 'DRUMBEAT' and NATO: incorporating Franco's Spain in Western Defence; J.Edwards - The Neglected Flank? NATO in the Mediterranean, 1949-55; E.Calandri - Italy and Western Defence 1948-55: the Elusive Ally; A.Varsori - Italy and the Nuclear Choices of the Atlantic Alliance, 1955-63; L.Nuti - Alliance under Stress: Anglo-American Relations and East Asia 1949-51; J.T.H.Tang - NATO, 'Alliance' and the Suez Crisis; W.S.Lucas - IV: PROBLEMS WITHIN THE ALLIANCE - Problems of Military Production Co-ordination; I.Megens - NATO's First Spies: the Case of the Disappearing Diplomats; S.Kerr - V: CONCLUSIONS - Securing Peace in Europe in the 1990s; R.O'Neill - Chronology of Events - Select Bibliography - Index