Alliances in U.S. Foreign Policy

Taylor & Francis

This volume addresses a selected set of issues that appear to be especially salient with regard to alliances in U.S. foreign policy in general and to North Atlantic Treaty Organization in particular, presenting questions about alliance purpose and cohesion that demand a response. > This volume addresses a selected set of issues that appear to be especially salient with regard to alliances in U.S. foreign policy in general and to North Atlantic Treaty Organization in particular, presenting questions about alliance purpose and cohesion that demand a response. > Foreword: Probing the Origins of Contemporary Alliance Thought -- Preface -- Alliances in U.S. Foreign Policy -- Extended Deterrence and Alliance Cohesion -- Economic Relationships among the Allies: Sources of Cohesion and Tension -- No Entangling Alliances? The Congress and NATO -- Public Opinion: The Fulcrum of Alliance Cohension -- Changing Patterns of Collective Defense: U.S. Security Commitments in the Third World -- e