"Ted Galen Carpenter's concise, cutting critique of NATO's triple expansions (membership, missions, and areas of operations) since the end of the Cold War is, in my view, simply unanswerable. His logic suggests they have weakened, not strengthened, the security of its members as the alliance has become both 'too big to fail and too big to work.'"

--Walter A. McDougall, Alloy-Ansin Professor of History and International Relations, University of Pennsylvania

"The transatlantic relationship has always been a troubled partnership. Never more so than today. NATO's problems go well beyond Donald Trump. There is a compelling thinking person's case for dramatically restructuring the U.S. security relationship with Europe to align transatlantic ties to reflect new realities. In this book, Ted Galen Carpenter makes this case--powerfully and elegantly."

--Christopher Layne, University Distinguished Professor of International Affairs, Texas A&M University