NATO's anxious birth : the prophetic vision of the 1940s / Andre de Staercke and others ; edited by Nicholas Sherwen.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Other Authors: Staercke, Andre de, 1913-, Sherwen, Nicholas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1985.
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Table of Contents:
  • Landmark of the Truman presidency : the Truman Doctrine marks the end of American isolationism / Clark M. Clifford
  • Secret explorations : the Anglo-American initiatives / Alexander Rendel
  • Norway's "Atlantic policy" : genesis of North Atlantic defence cooperation / Olva Riste
  • Omaha Milkman : role of the United States in the negotiations / Theodore C. Achilles
  • Searching for security in the north : Denmark's road to NATO / Sven Henningsen
  • Uncertain months : British anxieties over the outcome of the negotiations / Alexander Rendel
  • A change of heart : concerns behind the discussions in France / Claude Delmas
  • Pull of the continent : Portugal opts for a European as well as an Atlantic role / Albano Nogueira
  • Art of the almost impossible : unwavering Canadian support for the emerging Atlantic alliance / Excott Reid
  • Fate of the Nordic option : absence of guarantees for a Scandinavian defence association turns Norway firmly towards the Atlantic alliance / Grethe Vaerno
  • Diplomacy on the spot : role of the Italian Embassy in Washington in the negotiations leading to the North Atlantic Treaty / Egidio Ortona
  • Paul-Henri Spaak
  • future Secretary General : Belgium sees its hopes fulfilled / Baron Robert Rothschild
  • Abandoning neutrality : how and why the Netherlands joined the Atlantic alliance / Paul Van Campen
  • Opting for commitment : Luxembourg consolidates its independence within NATO / Nicolas Hommel
  • An unarmed nation : Iceland rides out the storm / Olafur Egilsson
  • An alliance clamouring to be born
  • anxious to survive / Andre De Staercke.