The NATO Enlargement Debate, 1990-1997: The Blessings of Liberty

Countless editorials have addressed the if , how , why , when and who dimensions of NATO enlargement. These issues will continue to generate debate despite the Madrid summit decisions and will invariably influence legislators in discharging their historic responsibility to provide advice and consent to ratification of the protocols of accession before April 1999. Congressman Solomon’s volume should help place these issues in perspective, answer the sceptics of enlargement and provide the missing historical context for the profound geopolitical challenge of European security on the cusp of the 21st century.