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Blueprints for battle : planning for war in central Europe, 1948-1968 /

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Other Authors: Zabecki, David T., Krüger, Dieter, Hoffenaar, J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2012.
Series:Foreign military studies.
Subjects:
Cold War.
Military history, Modern > 20th century.
Military planning > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.
Military planning > United States > History > 20th century.
Military planning > Europe > History > 20th century.
Warsaw Treaty Organization > History.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization > History > 20th century.
Europe > Defenses.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • List of abbreviations and common terms
  • Introduction: the plans of the Warsaw Pact and NATO / Jan Hoffenaar and Dieter Krüger
  • Strategic problems and the central sector, 1948-1968: an overview / Lawrence S. Kaplan
  • Aims and realities: NATO's forward defense and the operational planning level at NORTHAG / Bruno Thoss
  • Soviet and Warsaw Pact military strategy from Stalin to Brezhnev: the transformation from "strategic defense" to "unlimited nuclear war," 1945-1968 / Matthias Uhl
  • Waiting to be kissed? NATO, NORTHAG, and intelligence / Richard J. Aldrich
  • East German military intelligence for the Warsaw Pact in the central sector / Jan Hoffenaar
  • Waste and confusion? NATO logistics from the Dutch perspective / Herman Roozenbeek
  • The logistics system of the Soviet and Warsaw Pact armed forces in the 1950s and 1960s / Dimitri N. Filippovych
  • Soviet Union military planning, 1948-1968 / Viktor Gavrilov
  • War games in Europe: the U.S. Army experiments with atomic doctrine / Donald A. Carter
  • Fighting for the heart of Germany: German I Corps and NATO's plans for the defense of the north German plain in the 1960s / Helmut Hammerich
  • The German Democratic Republic / Torsten Diedrich
  • The British Army of the Rhine and defense plans for Germany, 1945-1955 / Robert Evans
  • The Dutch contribution to the defense of the central sector / Jan Hoffenaar
  • Concluding remarks: warfare in the central sector / Gregory W. Pedlow.