American focus on a credible defense of Western Europe -- Considerations for American military reductions in Europe prior to the 1990s -- United States' fiscal cost and military commitment to NATO from 1980 to 1989 -- Developing a new American approach to NATO in the 1990s -- The U.S. military draw-down within NATO, 1990-2000 -- The United States' support for an expanded NATO -- The U.S. relationship with NATO -- American strategies for its Post-Cold War membership in NATO.
