Friendly Fire
The Near-Death of the Transatlantic Alliance
Published on 5. December 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
140 pages
978-0-8157-7153-1 (ISBN)
Description
Relations between the U.S. and Europe have declined in recent years, and today they are worse than at any time since the 1950s. In Friendly Fire, a veteran reporter known for her shrewd observations of political behavior in Europe examines the widening gulf and worsening acrimony between the U.S. and its traditional allies on the European continent. Elizabeth Pond examines a number of disputes?chronic trade quarrels, the International Criminal Court, the Kyoto Protocol, Israeli-Palestinian violence, and Iraq?and identifies the ways in which they reinforce and exacerbate one another. European governments have accepted a rhetorical responsibility for global (and not just European) security, but the dearth of defense funding in Europe, disagreements over tactics, and the bad American temper toward the Europeans have added to the estrangement.
Reviews / Votes
"It is a commonplace among opponents of the recent war in Iraq that by invading that country, the U.S. administration squandered the worldwide sympathy and goodwill America had enjoyed after September 11. Elizabeth Pond's book, which is a careful analysis of the widening rift between America and Europe from 2001 to mid-2003, shows that matters are not quite so simple." -John Derbyshire, National Review, The New York Sun, 2/18/2004|"What sets this book apart from so many other tales of Iraq-related woe is precisely its Fermano-centric perspective..." -David G. Haglund, Queen's University, International Journal
|"Many analyses will follow, but few will match [Pond's] in her commitment and dash.... Emphatically describes the motives of the actors, traces how variously the viewpoints of Europeans, Americans, and neoconservatives -long live the subtle difference -were shaped by each group's experiences and ambitions." -Christoph Bertram, Transatlantic Internationale Politik, 2/1/2004
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
208 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8157-7153-1 (9780815771531)
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12/2003
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Brookings Institution
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Person
Elizabeth Pond is a journalist based in Germany. Currently a correspondent for the Washington Quarterly, she was a longtime European correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor. She is the author, most recently, of Friendly Fire: The Near-Death of the Transatlantic Alliance (Brookings, 2003) and The Rebirth of Europe (Brookings, revised 2002).