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Springer European Security In The 1990S Deterrence And Defense After The Inf Treaty 1990 Edition by W. Laqueur L. Sloss
Rarely if ever have the political economic and military foundations of the Western Alliance been in such a state of flux. Walter Laqueur and Leon Sloss therefore deserve credit not just for the quality of the analysis in this superb book but also for the timeliness of its appearance. As Laqueur says in his chapter "Touring the Western European Defense Hori zon" if the likely development of European defense policies is not particularly reassuring at least it gives no grounds for despair. The list of problems we face is a daunting one. First there is the spiralling cost of defense expenditures particularly in the absence of significant NATO or inter-European cooperation. This is particu larly serious in light of the reluctance to increase or even maintain current expen ditures in the midst of Mikhail Gorbachev's "peace offensive" and the extraordinary changes in Eastern Europe both of which have had a dramatic impact on Western public opinion. There is also a problem in the perceived relative economic decline of the United States vis-a-vis Western Europe and Japan which only exacerbates calls to reduce the number of American troops in Europe. Other dangers to the political cohesion and military credibility of the alliance include demographic trends that threaten current manpower levels transatlantic acrimony over the burden-sharing issue and political pressures (particularly in West Germany) toward denucleariza tion and even neutralism. Table of contents : 1. Touring the Western European Defense Horizon.- 2. Western European Defense: The Next Ten Years.- 3. Future Requirements for Theater Weapons in Western Europe.- Appendix: European Security in the Postwar Period: Documents from 1948-1989.- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization.- The North Atlantic Treaty August 24 1949.- North Atlantic Council Communique December 14 1967.- Speech of M. Laurent Fabius September 17 1982.- North Atlantic Council Communique December 9 1983.- Lord Carrington Secretary General on the Alliance September 21 1984.- The Security Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany 1985.- Maintaining Security in a Changing World [United Kingdom 1988].- Declaration of the Heads of State and Government March 2-3 1988.- Statement on the Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Council June 9-10 1988.- European Security Cooperation.- Treaty between Belgium France Luxembourg the Netherlands and the United Kingdom March 17 1948.- Protocols to the 1948 Brussels Treaty October 23 1954.- Franco-German Summit Statement February 27-28 1986.- Speech by Sir Geoffrey Howe March 16 1987.- Arms Control: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.- Treaty between the USA and USSR December 8 1987.- Address by FRG Chancellor Helmut Schmidt October 28 1977.- Communique of a Special NATO Meeting December 12 1979.- President Ronald Reagan's Speech to the United Nations General Assembly September 26 1983.- NATO Nuclear Planning Group Communique October 28 1983.- Speech by FRG Chancellor Helmut Schmidt to the SPD Conference November 19-20 1983.- Statement by General Secretary Andropov November 24 1983.- Communique of the North Atlantic Council June 11 1987.- NATO Nuclear Planning Group Communique November 1987.- North Atlantic Council Ministerial Communique December 1987.- Arms Control: Short-Range Nuclear Missiles.- Statement by British Foreign and Commonwealth Office May 14 1987.- NATO Nuclear Planning Group Communique May 15 1987.- Statement by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany June 2 1987.- Arms Control: Conventional Forces.- Document of the Stockholm Conference September 19 1986.- Address of the Warsaw Treaty Member States June 11 1986.- Press Conference of Francois Mitterrand April 23 1987.- Interview with Jacques Chirac May 16 1987.- Halifax Statement on Conventional Arms Control May 30 1987.- Conventional Arms Control: The Way Ahead March 2-3 1988.- Mikhail Gorbachev's Address to the United Nations December 7 1988.- Statement Issued by the North Atlantic Council December 8-9 1988.- Mandate for Negotiation on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe January 10 1989.- Position Paper March 6 1989.- Conceptual Framework of Agreement on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe March 9 1989.- Speech by Hans-Dietrich Genscher April 27 1989.- President George Bush's Statement May 29 1989.- About the Authors.