The US Role in NATO’s Survival After the Cold War

Abstract

Intro; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; NATO Persistence: The Sum of Unequal Parts; An Argument in Support of US-Centric Analyses; Hypotheses on NATO's Persistence: Value Maximization; Hypotheses on NATO's Persistence: Alliance Utility; Case Selection and Research Contributions; What's at Stake for the United States and NATO; Book Outline; References; Chapter 2: Alliances, NATO, and the Post-Cold War Era; Explaining NATO's Persistence; Utilitarian Explanations for NATO's Persistence; Identity-Based Explanations for NATO's Persistence Creating a New Framework for NATO Persistence: The US-NATO RelationshipCase Selection; Kosovo; Afghanistan; Iraq; Libya; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: The 1999 Kosovo Intervention; Background: Operation Deliberate Force and Preparing for Intervention in Kosovo; International and NATO Response to Conflict in the Balkans; Return to the Balkans: Pre-War Planning; International and NATO Support in Phase 1: Pre-War Planning; Legitimacy and Multilateralism in Phase 1; Operation Allied Force; International and NATO Support for OAF; Legitimacy and Multilateralism in Phase 2; The KFOR Mission Legitimacy and Multilateralism in Phase 3Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: September 11, 2001, and the War in Afghanistan; Background: Understanding the United States, Afghanistan, and NATO Before 9/11; The September 11 Attacks; Phase 1: International and NATO Support After 9/11; Operation Enduring Freedom; Phase 2: International and NATO Support at the Outset of Operation Enduring Freedom; Legitimacy and Multilateralism in Phases 1 and 2; International Security Assistance Force (ISAF); Phase 3: International and NATO Support for ISAF; Legitimacy and Multilateralism in Phase 3; Conclusion Legitimacy and Multilateralism in Phase 2Operation Unified Protector; International and NATO Support for Phase 3: Operation Unified Protector; Legitimacy and Multilateralism in Operation Unified Protector; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: The Evolution and Persistence of NATO; NATO's Inter-conflict Evolution; An American Ally; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: The United States and Multilateralism; US Incentives for NATO Persistence; Legitimacy Enhancement and Adherence to Norms; The Utility of Multilateralism Through NATO and American Primacy