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Identity, security, and political talk -- The Suez crisis: establishing the out-of-area norm -- The cold war community and the Vietnam war -- Changing notions of security and the intervention in Bosnia -- September 11th and the dispute over Iraq -- The post-9/11 alliance and changing notions of mutual defence in Afghanistan -- Conclusion: a new strategic concept and new norms?

This book examines NATO's transition from a Cold War mutual defence organization into a global alliance, and puts the recent crisis over the Afghanistan mission in the context of long-standing debates over out-of-area interventions. Originally, NATO bound the western allies together for the purposes of mutual defence as defined by Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which declared that an attack on the territory of one ally was to be considered an attack on them all. However, Article 4 of the Treaty invites the allies to consult with each other on a less formal basis whenever their 'ter.

The Atlantic community shares more than just dependable expectations of peaceful change. Its members also share a reflexive political community they sense is worth preserving and a view that their security is intertwined. Existing accounts of the Atlantic security community have identified the importance of renewed emphasis on common values as a factor in preserving and expanding the security community after the Cold War. But, debates at the end of the Cold War also turned on the question of what the allies would do together and what responsibilities they had to each other and to other states. This article outlines a discursive framework and a set of rhetorical strategies used by members of the Atlantic community that explain how they worked to maintain and change their community during debates about their mandate for cooperation. This framework is then applied to the Atlantic community's debates over common action during the Yugoslav wars.

Heroism and the construction of political community / Veronica Kitchen -- Medals and American heroic military masculinity after 9/11 / Jennifer G. Mathers -- Everyday heroics : motivating masculine protection in the private security industry / Kevin Partridge -- Rousseau, the general will, and heroism in drag : Waltz with Bashir as excessive Israeli heroism / Matthew Evans -- Excursions into marginality : digitalised memories of militarised masculinity in Rhodesian understandings of self / Ane M.Ø. Kirkegaard -- Unsung heroism? : showbusiness and social action in Britain's military wives choir(s) / Catherine Baker -- Bringing hyper-empowered individuals back into global affairs : the contested terrain between celebrity, hero and anti-hero status / Andrew F. Cooper -- Havel and Mandela : leadership and legitimacy at home and abroad / Barbara J. Falk -- Of the good ones : celebrity heroism and ending sexual violence in armed conflict / Megan Daigle