This book is an interpretive analysis of transatlantic security relations from the preparation of the North Atlantic Treaty to the Obama administration.

Foreword by the Honorable Lee H. HamiltonAcknowledgmentsNATO and EU MapsList of AcronymsPart I Cold War AllianceChapter 1 The Bargain as a Framework for AnalysisChapter 2 Genesis of the Bargain Chapter 3 The Transatlantic Bargain RevisedChapter 4 The Bargain through the Cold War, 1954-1989Chapter 5 The United States and Europe at the End of the Cold War: Some Fundamental Factors Part II Post Cold War AllianceChapter 6 NATO Outreach and Enlargement: The Legacy of HarmelChapter 7 NATO and Russia: Partnership or New Cold War?Chapter 8 NATO's Post-Cold War Military Missions in Theory and PracticeChapter 9 NATO in AfghanistanChapter 10 European Security and Defense Policy and the Transatlantic BargainChapter 11 Implications of the Bush, 9/11 and Iraq Shocks for the Transatlantic Bargain Part III: Permanent Alliance?Chapter 12 Is NATO Necessary but Not Sufficient? Chapter 13 Permanent Alliance?Appendix: The North Atlantic Treaty, Washington, D.C., April 4, 1949Selected BibliographyAbout the AuthorIndex