What Interdependence for NATO?

What Interdependence for NATO?

In NATO's early days statesmen spoke glowingly about subordinating national military interests to a truly international “balanced collective force,” a goal similar to classic free trade in its promise of mutual gain secured at the cost of dependence upon foreigners. Naturally, in so nationalist...

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Published in:World politics 1960-04, Vol.12 (3), p.369-390
Main Author: Hoag, Malcolm W.
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Air defense
Military alliances
Military defense
Military strategy
Military tactics
Nuclear warfare
Nuclear weapons
Retaliation
War
Weapons
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Summary:In NATO's early days statesmen spoke glowingly about subordinating national military interests to a truly international “balanced collective force,” a goal similar to classic free trade in its promise of mutual gain secured at the cost of dependence upon foreigners. Naturally, in so nationalistic a field as defense, achievement fell far short of this sweeping aspiration. But we are ill-placed now to belittle either the slogan or the degree to which we realized an international division of military labor. Nowadays the slogan is “interdependence,” but in practice this seems to mean performance deviating still more widely from the goal of integrated defense.
ISSN:0043-8871
1086-3338