Sharing the burden? : NATO and its second-tier powers /

Sharing the burden? : NATO and its second-tier powers /

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Author / Creator:	Zyla, Benjamin, author.
Imprint:	Toronto ; BUffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2015] ©2015.
Description:	ix, 328 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Military policy. North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Canada -- Case studies. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Middle powers -- Case studies. Middle powers. Military policy. Canada -- Military policy -- Case studies. Canada. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10142723

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ISBN:	9781442647503 1442647507 9781442615595 1442615591
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-315) and index.
Summary:	Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, NATO's middle powers have been pressured into shouldering an increasing share of the costs of the transatlantic alliance. In Sharing the Burden? Benjamin Zyla rejects the claim that countries like Canada have shirked their responsibilities within NATO. Using a range of measures that go beyond troop numbers and defense budgets to include peacekeeping commitments, foreign economic assistance, and contributions to NATO's rapid reaction forces and infrastructure, Zyla argues that, proportionally, Canada's NATO commitments in the 1990s rivaled those of the alliance's major powers. At the same time, he demonstrates that Canadian policy was driven by strong normative principles to assist failed and failing states rather than a desire to ride the coattails of the United States, as is often presumed. An important challenge to realist theories, Sharing the Burden? is a significant contribution to the debate on the nature of alliances in international relations. --Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Frameworks
Theoretical Framework
The Conceptual Puzzle of the "New World Order"
Part 2: Military Burdens
The "New" Wars in the Balkans and Iraq, Part I
The Balkans, Part II
Part 3: Civilian Burdens
The NATO of Canada's Dreams: Practising Civilian Burden Sharing, Part I
Sharing the Civilian Burden, Part II
Conclusion.