2009, ISBN: 9781597976640

On September 5, 2009, the commanding officer of NATO's German troops in Afghanistan ordered a U.S. Air Force fighter to destroy two fuel trucks hijacked by theTaliban. Within hours, h… More...

On September 5, 2009, the commanding officer of NATO's German troops in Afghanistan ordered a U.S. Air Force fighter to destroy two fuel trucks hijacked by theTaliban. Within hours, he was being investigated by German prosecutors for the murder of innocent civilians--collateral damage. Under German law its forces can only be deployed for peacekeeping; America might be at war in Afghanistan, but Germany is not.Germany is not the only country that sets strict conditions on its NATO troops. Half of the allied forces in Afghanistan operate under restricted battlefield conditions. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower stormed the beaches of Normandy with an Allied army that followed his every command; in Afghanistan military commanders must consult a checklist to figure out which allied soldiers can be sent into battle.NATO today is a shadow of what it used to be--the world's most formidable military alliance. Its original reason for existence, the Soviet Union, disintegrated years ago, and its dreams of being a world cop are withering in the mountains of Afghanistan. But eliminating NATO is not the answer, argues Sarwar Kashmeri. It is, for Americans and Europeans, still the safety net of last resort. Kashmeri believes NATO's future usefulness depends on its ability to partner with CSDP, Europe's increasingly successful security and defense establishment. It is time for NATO 2.0, a new version of NATO, to fit the realities of the twenty-first century. New Textbooks>Hardcover>World History>World Hist>World History, Potomac Books Core >2 >T<

2011, ISBN: 1597976644

[EAN: 9781597976640], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Potomac Books Apr 2011], POLITICS / CURRENT EVENTS; POLITICAL SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS DIPLOMACY; HISTORY EUROPE WESTERN; TREATIES; T… More...

[EAN: 9781597976640], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Potomac Books Apr 2011], POLITICS / CURRENT EVENTS; POLITICAL SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS DIPLOMACY; HISTORY EUROPE WESTERN; TREATIES; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING MILITARY, Neuware - Features interviews with top military and foreign policy experts in the United States and Europe, including Andrew Bacevich, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, and Gen. Bantz Craddock; Includes discussions of NATO's continuing military relevance in conflicts around the world, especially as it comes face to face with the European Union's own military arm, its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP); Explains NATO's history of protecting and stabilizing Europe, its current fault lines and existential crossroad, and the emergence of the European Union's own military establishment, Books<