European Defense Cooperation
Subtitle: Asset or Threat to NATO? (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Published: October 4, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9781930365049
Subjects: Defence strategy, planning & research; International institutions; Political science & theory; Politics / Current Events; Military - General; Europe - General; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Europe; North Atlantic Treaty Organiza; History & Theory - General; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; History / Europe / General; Alliances; Defenses; Foreign relations; North Atlantic Treaty Organization
First sentence: The earliest post-1945 attempts at European defense combination were moved largely by fear, especially in France, about a possibly resurgent Germany.
Description: "This study surveys post-World War II efforts to enhance practical cooperation among European countries in the provision and use of military forces. The author, a distinguished former defense official of the U.K., begins with the earliest proposals for cooperation in 1947 and provides a succinct summary of collective security efforts since then.

The main focus of the study is the European Defense and Security Policy (EDSP) project launched by European Union heads of government at their Cologne meeting in June 1999. Quinlan reviews the major issues and future prospects regarding this important initiative and argues that it can provide a collective European defense contribution that will complement but not supersede the role of NATO."--BOOK JACKET.