<div>The story of Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is one of consistent support and involvement but of varying levels of military and diplomatic engagement. Canada in NATO, 1949-2019 provides the first analysis of Canada's involvement in the Atlantic Alliance - from the negotiations leading to the alliance's charter in 1949 to NATO's seventieth anniversary - exploring how the country's role in NATO has evolved over the years. As one of NATO's early, foremost participants, Canada was a major force contributor in the 1950s. Briefly deploying more modern fighter aircrafts in Europe than the United States had, as well as a naval commitment that would have been responsible for 10 per cent of ship escorts across the North Atlantic, Canada became the "odd man out" of the western alliance as the Cold War wore on due to its spotty military contributions. Yet Canada eventually re-emerged as a significant member through its contributions to NATO peace enforcement operations in the Balkans in the 1990s and its heavy contributions to operations in Afghanistan in the early twenty-first century, finding itself in the unfamiliar position of criticizing many of the allies by which it had for so long been criticized. As the lead nation for the alliance's "enhanced forward presence" in Latvia, Canada still plays an important and highly visible role in NATO's efforts in Eastern Europe today. Canada in NATO, 1949-2019 sheds light on how NATO profoundly shaped Canadian defence and foreign policy, while also serving vital Canadian security and diplomatic interests.</div>

Canada in NATO, 1949–2019 (Volume 5) (McGill-Queen's Transatlantic Studies)

Politics & Social Sciences

Jockel, Joseph T.

Sokolsky, Joel J.

Politics & Government

McGill-Queen's University Press

Canada and Collective Security: Odd Man Out (The Washington Papers)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Praeger

Seapower in the Nuclear Age: The United States Navy and NATO 1949-80 (Routledge Library Editions: Cold War Security Studies)

This book, first published in 1991, provides a major analysis of the prelude to the US’s Cold War maritime strategy, showing how NATO’s maritime forces were organised in the period. It examines how the United States Navy and allied navies, particularly the Royal Navy, were incorporated into the Alliance’s nuclear and conventional deterrent forces. It looks at the structure of the main naval commands, the growth of Soviet maritime forces and the impact of the flexible response strategy on NATO’s naval posture in the 1970s. Drawing upon many declassified documents, this account fills an important gap in postwar literature on American seapower and its relation to European security. It also addresses important aspects of NATO strategy and organisation.

Reference

Routledge

This book, first published in 1991, provides a major analysis of the prelude to the US's Cold War maritime strategy, showing how NATO's maritime forces were organised in the period. It examines how the United States Navy and allied navies, particularly the Royal Navy, were incorporated into the Alliance's nuclear and conventional deterrent forces. It looks at the structure of the main naval commands, the growth of Soviet maritime forces and the impact of the flexible response strategy on NATO's naval posture in the 1970s. Drawing upon many declassified documents, this account fills an important gap in postwar literature on American seapower and its relation to European security. It also addresses important aspects of NATO strategy and organisation.

Current and former western military personnel and academics from North American universities look at the challenges facing the western alliance from the post-cold-war East. They conclude that something must be done about the former Yugoslavia that does not drive wedges between the allies, and warn that an expansion of membership east would shift the focus of security concerns away from the West. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Nato's Eastern Dilemmas

Engineering & Transportation

MacFarlane, S. Neil

MacFarlane, Neil

Haglund, David G.

Engineering

Westview Press

Seapower in the Nuclear Age: The United States Navy and NATO 1949-80

History

Americas

Naval Inst Pr

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