Friendly Fire: The Near-Death of the Transatlantic Alliance

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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 defence funding in Europe, disagreements over tactics, and the bad American temper toward the Europeans have added to the estrangement.

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"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

Author Bio

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).