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Blueprints for battle : planning for war in central Europe, 1948-1968 / edited by Jan Hoffenaar and Dieter Krüger ; English translation edited by David T. Zabecki.

Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2012.
Descriptionxxxvii, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization--History --20th century.
Warsaw Treaty Organization--History.
Military planning--Europe --History --20th century.
Military planning--United States --History --20th century.
Military planning--Soviet Union --History --20th century.
Military history, Modern--20th century.
Cold War.
Europe--Defenses.
Other author/creatorHoffenaar, J.
Other author/creatorKrüger, Dieter.
Other author/creatorZabecki, David T.
Other author/creatorGermany. Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt.
Series Foreign military studies
Foreign military studies. ^A1143394
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.
General note"An AUSA book".
General note"Published by special arrangement with Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt [Military History Research Institute, MGFA], Posdam, Germany"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012015258
ISBN9780813136516 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0813136512 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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