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

Title
Blueprints for battle [electronic resource] : planning for war in central Europe, 1948-1968 / edited by Jan Hoffenaar and Dieter Krüger ; English translation edited by David T. Zabecki.
Publication
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Hoffenaar, J.
  • Krüger, Dieter.
  • Zabecki, David T.
  • Germany. Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt.
Description
1 online resource (xxxvii, 261 p.) : ill., maps.
Series Statement
Foreign military studies
Uniform Title
Blueprints for battle (Online)
Subject
  • 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
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2012015258
OCLC
ssj0000713492
Title
Blueprints for battle [electronic resource] : planning for war in central Europe, 1948-1968 / edited by Jan Hoffenaar and Dieter Krüger ; English translation edited by David T. Zabecki.
Imprint
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2012.
Series
Foreign military studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Hoffenaar, J.
Krüger, Dieter.
Zabecki, David T.
Germany. Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt.
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