Міцний альянс: Історія НАТО й глобального післявоєнного порядку

Almost from the day of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on April 4, 1949, there was no shortage of predictions about its imminent demise. But Timothy Andrews Sale's remarkably timely book clearly demonstrates that all these predictions were—and remain—premature.

Drawing on a wealth of published and archival sources, the author presents a masterful analysis of what the alliance was, what united its members, and why it has existed for more than seven decades and is likely to exist for the foreseeable future, uniting a growing number of democratic states, among which, we are almost sure, Ukraine will soon appear. But consideration of these issues is not intended to provide an exhaustive description of NATO's long and storied history. Nor does it focus on the complex internal structure of the NATO alliance—the various committees, councils, and teams that carry out its day-to-day operations. Instead, the author describes the interaction between high-ranking officials of the organization and diplomats and leaders of member states