The NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society, 1969 1975 : Transatlantic Relations, the Cold War and the Environment /
This book is the first comprehensive study of the setting up and early development of the NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS), or the alliance s environmental programme. This expansion of allied cooperation is an interesting indicator of transatlantic relations during an era of...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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Publisher Address: | Cham : |
Publication Dates: | 2017. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53847-1 |
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This book is the first comprehensive study of the setting up and early development of the NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS), or the alliance s environmental programme. This expansion of allied cooperation is an interesting indicator of transatlantic relations during an era of transition and under the impact of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger s diplomacy. The book discusses intra-NATO politics, the projects of the early years and the participation in CCMS projects of non-NATO countries an unusual feature in the activity of a military alliance. Environmental cooperation in NATO was part of the changes which scientific cooperation was effecting in the international system during the entry into the post-industrial era. The making of the CCMS is the story of a crisis of adjustment to the new era, of hiccups in transatlantic relationships, but ultimately also a story of transatlantic unity. The book will be of much interest to students of NATO, the Cold War, international and environmental history, history of science and international relations. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XIII, 287 pages): illustrations. |
ISBN: | 9783319538471 |
Index Number: | D17 |
CLC: | K1 |
Contents: | 1 Introduction -- 2 The Making of the CCMS, 1969 -- 3 The CCMS in NATO Politics: from Doubt to Acceptance, 1970-75 -- 4 Dress Rehearsal: the CCMS and Narcotics, 1970-72 -- 5 CCMS: the Projects, 1970-75 -- 6 The British Deviation, 1969-72 -- 7 Beyond NATO: the CCMS and International Politics -- 8 Conclusions. |