America's New AlliesAmericas New Allies comprehensively analyzes the strengths and liabilities that accompany the 1999 addition of three former Soviet satellite nationsPoland, Hungary, and the Czech Republicto the ranks of the 16 member North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This controversial enlargement of NATO formalizes the new geopolitical realities in Eastern Europe and forces the U. S. military to confront the prospect of defending these former enemies against armed