Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate

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\nThirty years after the Soviet Union’s collapse, this book reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics in the decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall\\n“The most engaging and carefully documented account of this period in East-West diplomacy currently available.”—Andrew Moravscik, Foreign Affairs\\n“Sarotte is the unofficial dean of ‘end of Cold War’ studies. . . . With her latest book, she tackles head-on the not-controversial-at-all questions about NATO’s eastward growth and the effect it had on Russia’s relations with the west.”—Daniel W. Drezner,
\nWashington Post\\nNot one inch. With these words, Secretary of State James Baker proposed a hypothetical bargain to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev after the fall of the Berlin Wall: if you let your part of Germany go, we will move NATO not one inch eastward. Controversy erupted almost immediately over this 1990 exchange—but more important was the decade to come, when the words took on new meaning. Gorbachev let his Germany go, but Washington rethought the bargain, not least after the Soviet Union’s own collapse in December 1991. Washington realized it could not just win big but win bigger. Not one inch of territory needed to be off limits to NATO.\\nOn the thirtieth anniversary of the Soviet collapse, this book uses new evidence and interviews to show how, in the decade that culminated in Vladimir Putin’s rise to power, the United States and Russia undermined a potentially lasting partnership. Prize-winning historian M. E. Sarotte shows what went wrong.
\n Review
\n“Sarotte is the unofficial dean of ‘end of Cold War’ studies. . . . With her latest book, she tackles head-on the not-controversial-at-all questions about NATO’s eastward growth and the effect it had on Russia’s relations with the west. I look forward to the contretemps this book will inevitably produce.”—Daniel W. Drezner,
\nWashington Post\\n“Sarotte weaves together the most engaging and carefully documented account of this period in East-West diplomacy currently available.”—Andrew Moravscik,
\nForeign Affairs\\n“A tour de force of research and analysis.”—Richard Aldous, host of
\nAmerican Purpose’s “Bookstack” podcast\\n“A must-read for anyone interested in U.S.-Russian relations or the study of U.S. foreign policy since 1991.”—Emma Ashford,
\nWar on the Rocks\\n“A riveting account of fateful choices to expand NATO and their consequences for relations with Russia today.”—Graham Allison, author of
\nDestined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?\\n"Sarotte deftly unpacks one of the most important strategic moves of the post–Cold War Era: the decision to enlarge NATO. Her detailed history of the 1990s is groundbreaking, and her assessment of the impacts of NATO expansion on European security is balanced and nuanced. A major accomplishment and a must-read."—Charles A. Kupchan, Georgetown University and the Council on Foreign Relations\\n“
\nNot One Inch will be considered the best-documented and best-argued history of the NATO expansion during the crucial 1989–1999 period.”—Norman Naimark, author of
\nStalin and the Fate of Europe: The Postwar Struggle for Sovereignty\\n“Sarotte explores how and why NATO expanded and relations with Russia deteriorated in the post–Cold War world. It is an important book, well documented and told."—Joseph Nye Jr., author of
\nDo Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump \\n“Mary Sarotte’s insightful story of NATO’s enlargement in the 1990s will be the foundation for debates about lessons among policy-makers as well as a fascinating read for people interested in recent history.”—Robert B. Zoellick, US negotiator for German unification and author of
\nAmerica in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy \\nAbout the Author
\nM. E. Sarotte is the Kravis Professor of Historical Studies at Johns Hopkins University, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and the author

Publisher:

Yale University Press

Pages:

568

Date Published:

2021-11-30