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Not One Inch 2021
Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post–Cold War Stalemate is a 2021 book written by M. E. Sarotte that examines the tensions between NATO, particularly the United States, and Russia during the post–Cold War period. The focus is especially on issues surrounding NATO's eastward expansion. A central theme of the work involves assessing whether there was a "broken promise" regarding not expanding NATO beyond Germany after the country's reunification.
Sarotte investigates why a new European security structure did not develop following the Cold War and how choices made during that time contributed to current geopolitical conflicts. Her study links the absence of unified cooperation in the 1990s to ongoing international rivalries and unresolved disputes, showing how past decisions still influence global affairs today.
The book’s title refers to James Baker's well-known remark to Mikhail Gorbachev, stating that NATO would not extend "an inch" toward the east. The research draws on a wide range of materials, including more than 100 interviews and official documents from meetings between the White House and Kremlin. Several sources used were previously classified.
Not One Inch was highlighted by Foreign Affairs in 2021 as one of the best books on foreign policy and selected as one of the Best Books to Read by the Financial Times in 2022.
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- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- ISBN
- 9780300259933
