| Stepping Up: Burden Sharing by NATO's Newest Members Contributor(s): Institute, Strategic Studies (Author), College, U. S. Army War (Author), Hillison, Joel R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1312846542 ISBN-13: 9781312846548 Publisher: Lulu.com OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2015 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Reference |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6" W x 9" (1.26 lbs) 390 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Burden sharing is back. Indeed many observers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Alliance would claim that it never went away. This is because, from its inception in 1949, NATO has never been an alliance of equals. The United States has always made the overwhelmingly larger contribution, not only for the defense of Europe under Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, but also in the numerous operations that the Alliance has carried out beyond Europe since the end of the Cold War. At one stage in the late-1950s, the United States had nearly 400,000 troops and 7,000 nuclear weapons deployed in Western Europe. It also maintained large stocks of pre-positioned equipment and sent thousands of more troops back to Europe every year for reinforcement and exercises. |
