NATO in the cold war : contested histories and future directions / edited by Sergey Radchenko, Timothy Andrews Sayle and Christian F. Ostermann

includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction - NATO: past and present -- Nothing but humiliation for Russia : Moscow and NATO's eastern enlargement, 1993-1995 -- Eastbound and down: the United States, NATO enlargement and suppressing the Soviet and Western European alternatives, 19990-1992 -- The overlooked importance of economics: why the Bush administration wanted NATO enlargement -- An uncertain journey to the promised land: the Baltic states road road to NATO membership -- Debating détente: NATO Tindemans initiative or why the harmel report still mattered in the 1980s -- A nuclear education: the origins of NATO's nuclear planning group -- The zero option and NATO's dual track decision: rethinking the paradox -- Visions of the next war or reliving the last one? early alliance views of war with the Soviet bloc -- NATO's inherent dilemma: strategic imperatives vs value foundations