Routledge Handbook of NATO

<p>This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of the development and importance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) its role in international relations and its influence on history.</p><p>The volume examines the Alliance’s evolution in breadth depth and context by analysing and explaining why and how NATO has endured and remained relevant since its creation. To present an inclusive study of the Alliance’s activities and milestone events and to offer a glimpse of future challenges the book’s 29 chapters fall into six thematic sections that act as frameworks and allow the exploration of specific topics that pertain to the evolution of NATO:</p><ul> <li>Part I: History of NATO 1949–2024</li> <li>Part II: Key Enduring Themes 1949–2024</li> <li>Part III: Military Operations 1995–2024</li> <li>Part IV: National Perspectives 1949–2024</li> <li>Part V: Regional Perspectives 1949–2024</li> <li>Part VI: Future Prospects 2024–</li> </ul><p>This handbook will be of much interest to students and researchers of NATO strategic studies defence studies and International Relations as well as for staff and fellows at security- and defence-oriented think tanks and government officials military personnel and other practitioners in the areas of foreign affairs and defence.</p>