ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1983, analyses the debate around burden-sharing in NATO, where the main issue is the distribution amongst the allies of the burden of maintaining the security arrangement. This raises problems of defining, measuring and comparing the defence efforts of the various countries. This book examines the issues, and argues for the need to address directly the fundamental problems concerning the Cold War security relationship between the United States and Western Europe.

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|12 pages

The historical background

chapter 3|10 pages

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

chapter 4|4 pages

The alliance dilemma

chapter 5|20 pages

The Reagan Administration

chapter 6|9 pages

Burden-sharing

chapter 7|18 pages

Problems and prospects