The United States and Europe after the Cold War
Subtitle: a new alliance?
By: John W. Holmes.
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Europe -- Foreign relations -- United States.; Europe -- History -- 1945-; United States -- Foreign relations -- Europe.; United States -- History -- 1945-
Description: As a former U.S. diplomat in Europe, John W. Holmes watched the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) fulfill its purpose with the disintegration of the Soviet Union. In The United States and Europe after the Cold War, he explores the possibilities for future transatlantic relations in light of NATO's ebbing usefulness.

Finding that a basis still exists for an alliance between the United States and the European Union, Holmes sets forth a comprehensive plan for establishing an association as long-lasting and profitable as the one now drawing to a close.

Holmes advocates a solid foundation for the alliance, one that approaches a formal economic union. He lists key considerations for the construction of a new, effective relationship, including the growing impatience of Americans and Europeans with substantial U.S. military contingents in Europe, the changing nature of intra-European relations, and the need for a distribution of power more equitable than that of NATO.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-205) and index.
Table of contents: title: The old order passes; title: The transformation of old relationships; title: Western Europe on the road to integration; title: NATO : triumph and tragedy; title: Can European security be based on the OSCE?; title: The European Union as an emerging economic superpower; title: The "European Union" : political union or overreach?; title: U.S. interests; title: What are our options?; title: But what if Europe breaks apart?; title: Can we forge a new alliance?