The American origins of NATO : a study in domestic inhibitions and West European constraints

This thesis examines why the United States became a founder signatory to the North Atlantic Treaty in April 1949. The enquiry suggests that the perception of a Soviet challenge to Western Europe was a necessary condition for the Americans helping to create the postwar Atlantic Alliance but an histor...

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Main Author: Foot, Peter
Published: University of Edinburgh 1984
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.348923