{"product_id":"deterring-armageddon-a-biography-of-nato","title":"Deterring Armageddon: A Biography of NATO","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"434\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"304\"\u003e‘EXCELLENT’ – The TLS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"307\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"307\" data-end=\"348\"\u003e‘HUGELY IMPRESSIVE’ – The Independent\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"351\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"351\" data-end=\"401\"\u003e‘AN ASTONISHINGLY FINE HISTORY’ – Country Life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"404\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"434\"\u003e‘FASCINATING’ – Daily Mail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"436\" data-end=\"563\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"436\" data-end=\"563\"\u003eThe definitive history of the world’s most powerful military alliance — from postwar Europe to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"565\" data-end=\"823\"\u003eIn the aftermath of World War II, NATO’s founders believed only a united West could prevent another global catastrophe. Over 75 years, the alliance has indeed kept peace in Europe while evolving into a formidable political, strategic, and diplomatic force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"1170\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"847\"\u003eDeterring Armageddon\u003c\/em\u003e traces NATO’s journey from secret negotiations after 1945 to the modern-day confrontation with Russia. It examines the constant balancing act between an often-dominant United States and Europe’s desire for independence, and how NATO has responded to crises from the Cold War to the Balkans, Afghanistan, and now Ukraine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1172\" data-end=\"1534\"\u003ePeter Apps offers a vivid narrative of tension, rivalry, leadership, and survival — charting moments when the world stood on the brink. From the Korean War to the Cuban Missile Crisis, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the chaotic Kabul withdrawal, this is the gripping story of how NATO shaped the modern world — and how it faces its greatest challenge yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1536\" data-end=\"1722\"\u003eUtterly eye-opening and deeply researched, Apps shows that the alliance’s history mirrors that of the past 75 years — an era defined by peril, diplomacy, and the fragile hope of peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1724\" data-end=\"2176\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1724\" data-end=\"1744\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1744\" data-end=\"1747\"\u003e\nPeter Apps is a global affairs commentator at \u003cem data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"1802\"\u003eReuters\u003c\/em\u003e, British Army reservist, and executive director of the Project for Study of the 21st Century (PS21). He has reported worldwide as Reuters’ political risk and defence correspondent, trained with both the British and U.S. armies, and served full-time during the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war. He is also the author of \u003cem data-start=\"2127\" data-end=\"2141\"\u003eBefore Ebola\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"2146\" data-end=\"2173\"\u003eChurchill in the Trenches\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44647500513487,"sku":"9781035405794","price":32.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_b27f714b-517f-42e2-945e-d49b37cdae9f.jpg?v=1772783939","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/deterring-armageddon-a-biography-of-nato","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}