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A Thorn in Transatlantic RelationsConclusion: Transatlantic Security Cultures in Transition

A Thorn in Transatlantic Relations: Conclusion: Transatlantic Security Cultures in Transition [Americans have had extremely different experiences with war-fighting than have Europeans. Two world wars and the Cold War experience left many Americans ever more persuaded that they had stared down the devil and won, and that theirs was indeed the “indispensible” and chosen nation that may be called on to use force.1 The same wars were experienced very differently by EU Europe, and with very different lessons learned. A half century of cosmopolitan influence in Europe after two devastating world wars brought peace among the former great power adversaries of Western Europe, and led to expectations that such successes could be projected outward. To many EU Europeans, the promotion of cosmopolitanism, where the concepts of enemy and strangers become increasingly discredited, presented the Soviet Union with the opportunity to make a graceful exit from its Cold War superpower status, short of war-fighting. Not only had German power been tamed; Europe had been tamed.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Thorn in Transatlantic RelationsConclusion: Transatlantic Security Cultures in Transition

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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
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978-1-349-46557-6
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153 –162
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10.1057/9781137343277_6
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[Americans have had extremely different experiences with war-fighting than have Europeans. Two world wars and the Cold War experience left many Americans ever more persuaded that they had stared down the devil and won, and that theirs was indeed the “indispensible” and chosen nation that may be called on to use force.1 The same wars were experienced very differently by EU Europe, and with very different lessons learned. A half century of cosmopolitan influence in Europe after two devastating world wars brought peace among the former great power adversaries of Western Europe, and led to expectations that such successes could be projected outward. To many EU Europeans, the promotion of cosmopolitanism, where the concepts of enemy and strangers become increasingly discredited, presented the Soviet Union with the opportunity to make a graceful exit from its Cold War superpower status, short of war-fighting. Not only had German power been tamed; Europe had been tamed.]

Published: Oct 29, 2015

Keywords: Ethical Leader; Public Opinion Poll; Republican Candidate; Existential Threat; Security Culture

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