Not One Inch (book)

Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate is a 2021 book by M. E. Sarotte about the tensions between NATO, America and Russia during the Post-Cold War.

Not One Inch America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate
AuthorM. E. Sarotte
CountryUnited States
GenrePost-Cold War Politics
PublisherYale University Press
Publication date
2021
ISBN9780300259933

Background

The full title of the book is Not One Inch America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate. The title of the book comes from a line uttered by Secretary of State James Baker In February 1990 US . After the fall of the Soviet Union, in order to convince Mikhail Gorbachev to give up Eastern Germany, Baker said, "What if you let your part of Germany go, and we agree that NATO will "not shift one inch eastward from its present position."[1] Sarotte’s conclusion is that the “animosity between Moscow and Washington over Nato’s future made the post-cold war politics look much like the cold war.[2]

Reception

Andrew Moravcsik reviewed the book for the Council on Foreign Relations and he said the book was "engaging" and a "carefully documented account" of the diplomacy in the Post-Cold War. He said Sarotte detailed how many Western leaders gave informal assurances that NATO would not expand. Russia perceived betrayal because there was never any formal agreement.[3] Rodric Braithwaite reviewed the book for the Financial Times. He said the book had a "great narrative and analytical flair, admirable objectivity", he praised the details and said it was a riveting account of NATO enlargement.[2]

References
  1. Sarotte, M. E. (2021). Not one inch : America, Russia, and the making of post-Cold War stalemate. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 1. ISBN 9780300259933. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  2. Braithwaite, Rodric (1 February 2022). "Ukraine through the lens of history". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. Moravcsik, Andrew. "Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post–Cold War Stalemate". Foreign Affairs. Council on Foreign Relations. Archived from the original on 2022-08-01. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
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