Fulda Gap

Dieter Krüger is associate professor at the University of Potsdam.Volker Bausch is former director of the Point Alpha Foundation.

Overall this book provides a valuable contribution to the study of the Cold War. . . the operational, strategic, and theoretical examinations of both alliances provide an excellent and compact contribution to the literature.

• Foreword, Gordon R. SullivanIntroduction, Dieter Krüger and Volker BauschTranslator’s Note, David R. DorondoChapter 1: Fulda Gap: A Flashpoint of the Cold War between Myth and Reality, Helmut H. HammerichChapter 2: The Eighth Guards Army of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany and the Fulda Gap, Matthias UhlChapter 3: The Strategic and Operational Considerations of NATO in Europe since the 1970s, Helge HansenChapter 4: The Development of the Military Conceptions of the Warsaw Pact in the Last Two Decades of the East–West Conflict, Siegfried LautschChapter 5: The Development of NATO Defense Plans for Central Europe in the Final Decades of the Cold War, Gregory W. PedlowChapter 6: The Defense of Highway 84: Recollections of the Commander, B Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 1978–1980, Roger CirilloChapter 7: The Fulda Gap: A Personal Perspective from Platoon Leader to Army Group, Crosbie E. SaintChapter 8: The GDR and its Mission in the Warsaw Pact, Torsten DiedrichChapter 9: The Wartime Mission of the Border Troops of the GDR, Detlef RothaChapter 10: Brinkmanship in the Cold War: Theoretical Foundation and Application, Mathias RuppChapter 11: When the Cold War Almost Turned Hot, Albin F. IrzykChapter 12: When the World Stood at the Abyss—and No One Knew It, Volker BauschChapter 13: The Military Relationship of Forces between the North Atlantic Alliance and the Warsaw Pact, Michael PoppeChapter 14: The Alliances and the Fulda Gap: A Balance between Ideology, Politics, Strategy, and Operational Plans, Dieter Krüger