The Southern Flank of NATO, 1951–1959

The Southern Flank of Nato, 1951-1959: Military Strategy or Political Stabilization is the first comprehensive discussion of the aims, capabilities, politics, and internal problems of NATO’s Southern Flank in its formative stage of the 1950s. The book argues that the Southern Flank never had the capability to repel a Soviet bloc invasion, and was also burdened by the fact that it bordered an explosive area, the Middle East, but was markedly successful in providing political deterrence and stabilizing the region.