On My Watch: Leading NATO in a Time of War
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
On My Watch: Leading NATO in a Time of War
By (Author) Jens Stoltenberg
HarperCollins Publishers
William Collins
14th October 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
War and defence operations
Peacekeeping operations
Military history: post-WW2 conflicts
Diplomacy
Political leaders and leadership
Physical Properties
Paperback
400
Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 25mm
270g
Description
From the former Secretary General of NATO, a frank and riveting account of running the worlds most powerful military alliance, taking us inside the significant flashpoints of the last decade.
With the reelection of Donald Trump, there is no reason to believe that the debate about the Americans relationship with NATO will subside. As Jens Stoltenberg demonstrates in On My Watch, his account of leading the military alliance across an explosive decade, NATO remains a powerful and essential agent of stability. From the Russian annexation of Crimea, the Afghanistan withdrawal, Finland and Sweden joining the Alliance, and the brutal war launched by Russia against Ukraine in 2022, to the close cooperation with Donald Trump and the other US presidents, Stoltenberg had a front row seat to the signal events of our era.
And he has shaped the responses to those events, navigating among competing interests to galvanize Western support for Ukraine while avoiding a world war. He showed that the alliance has an enduring role to play not just in Europe, but across the globe. On My Watch is a necessary read for anyone seeking to understand our fractured world.
Author Bio
Jens Stoltenberg served as the secretary general of NATO from 2014 to 2024. He was the prime minister of Norway from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 until 2013.
