Charter of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Download or read book Charter of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization written by Ian Shapiro and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most powerful military alliance in history, NATO shaped the geopolitical contours of the Cold War and continues to structure the contemporary international system. The NATO agreement is reprinted here with speeches and essential historical documents concerning the alliance’s founding and subsequent evolution. Accompanying essays by major scholars discuss debates about NATO’s evolving governance, its role in nuclear politics, and its appropriate mission during and since the Cold War.