Publication

In August 2004, the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich organized and hosted a conference on NATO in the 1960s. Established Cold War historians and younger scholars elaborated on the expansion of NATO's political role, which came to complement or even exceed its military and force-planning functions. The publication assembles articles covering the decade of the 1960s in three sections. It focuses on rifts between Europe and the United States; on central issues including arms control, détente, and de Gaulle; and on the role of individuals in the transatlantic framework. In particular, the book offers an alliance perspective on issues including the Berlin crisis, the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the Harmel report. Taking into consideration a wealth of newly available primary sources, the authors paint a complex and nuanced picture of NATO's "coming of age".