A Chronology of European Security and Defence 1945-2006

ISBN-13: 9780199214327 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 373 str.

Julian Lindley-French

Opis

A Chronology of European Security and Defence 1945-2006 is a unique and authoritative source of reference for all those with an interest in European defense and security over the last 60 years. An extensively annotated chronology, the book offers a blow-by-blow account of the events that have shaped the Europe of today. The book carefully places each event in context, explaining what happened, where, when, and why. Month-by-month, year-by-year Europe's recent past is laid out and explained. With its accessible layout, rich detail, and balanced analysis, the book will be essential reading and reference for scholars, students, policy-makers and policy-analysts alike.

O autorze

Julian Lindley-French is Professor of Military Art and Science at the Royal Military Academy of the Netherlands, Senior Associate Fellow of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom and Senior Scholar at the Centre for Applied Policy at the University of Munich. Formerly Director of the International Security Policy Training Course at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. An historian by training he graduated from Oxford University in 1980. He received a Masters Degree in International Relations (with distinction) from UEA in 1992 and a doctorate in political science from the European University Institute in Florence in 1996.