Free Download Peter Apps, "Deterring Armageddon: A Biography of NATO"
English | ISBN: 103540575X | 2024 | 480 pages | EPUB | 1335 KB
‘HUGELY IMPRESSIVE’ – THE INDEPENDENT
‘AN ASTONISHINGLY FINE HISTORY’ – COUNTRY LIFE
‘FASCINATING’ – DAILY MAIL
The history of the world’s most successful military alliance, from the wrecked Europe of 1945 to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
As they signed NATO into being after World War II, its founders fervently believed that only if the West’s democracies banded permanently together could they avoid a catastrophic global atomic conflict. Over the 75 years since, the alliance has indeed avoided war with Russia, also becoming a major political, strategic and diplomatic player well beyond its borders. It has survived disagreements between leaders from Eisenhower, Churchill and de Gaulle to Trump, Stoltenberg and Merkel, faced down Kremlin foes from Stalin to Putin and endured unending questions and debate over what new nations might be allowed to join.
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