The NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society, 1969–1975

Transatlantic Relations, the Cold War and the Environment

Evanthis Hatzivassiliou (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XIII, 287 Seiten

2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-85256-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Evanthis Hatzivassiliou is Professor of Postwar History at the Department of History of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He is the author of Greece and the Cold War: Frontline State, 1952-1967 (2006); NATO and Western Perceptions of the Soviet Bloc: Alliance Analysis and Reporting (2014).

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.

"The NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society sheds new light on the anxieties facingthe Western allies. ... This overview of the CCMS's early studies offers a reminder that NATO's operations have long been far more complex and diverse than the phrase 'political and military alliance' suggests." (Susan Colbourn, H-Net Reviews, h-net.org, April 16, 2019)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.8.2018
Reihe/Serie	Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 287 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	3949 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
Schlagworte	1970s • CCMS • Cold War • Detente • Environmental Science • International cooperation • International Relations • transatlantic • UK • USA
ISBN-10	3-319-85256-6 / 3319852566
ISBN-13	978-3-319-85256-0 / 9783319852560
Zustand	Neuware