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In this book, we go through NATO’s origins, including its purpose as stated in its charter and the real purposes—not only checking Soviet expansion but defeating communist and socialist movements throughout Europe, crushing overseas liberation movements, and making sure the U.S. was the dominant power in Europe.

We explain why NATO, rather than declaring victory and folding when the Soviet Union fell apart, not only forged ahead but expanded right up to Russia’s borders.

We also detail NATO’s history of aggression—its military forays into Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya. Bringing its history of aggression up to date, we look at NATO’s role in the Ukraine conflict, including its provocative call for Ukraine to become a NATO member, its role in the 2014 coup, its training and arming Ukrainian forces in preparation for war with Russia, and its quashing of negotiations that could have ended the war in its first month.

Our chapter on NATO “partners” shows NATO as a global behemoth with partners that encircle the globe from Colombia to Mongolia to Australia. We look at how decisions are made (spoiler alert: the U.S. calls the shots) and the truth behind U.S. complaints that NATO members are not paying their “fair share.”

The chapters on international law and nuclear weapons reveal how NATO has repeatedly violated the precepts of the UN Charter and how the placement of U.S. nuclear weapons in five European nations violates the 1970 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

We point out the divisions in the alliance over the years—from France wanting military autonomy to Turkey opposing Sweden’s membership to the very different perspectives on Israel’s war on Gaza.

Looking ahead, we expose NATO’s dangerous plans with regards to Russia and China, and we wrap up with the most important discussion—what are the alternatives to NATO and how can we build a movement to clip NATO’s wings.

In commemorating the alliance’s 75th anniversary, U.S. Senator James Risch of the Foreign Relations Committee commended NATO for its role in maintaining security and defending freedom, calling it “the most successful political-military alliance in the history of the world.”⁴

Professor Jeffrey Sachs says just the opposite. He calls NATO “a clear and present danger to world peace, a war machine run amok.”

Who is right? Read on and make your own decision.

These authors are not exactly Joseph Stalin’s most energetic defenders, so anti-Bolsheviks won’t dismiss them out of hand as ‘tankies’… oh whom am I kidding. Of course they will. Why am I here.