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Beskrivning
This edited collection examines the role of the Fulda Gap—located at the border between East and West Germany—in Cold War politics and military strategy. The contributors analyze the strategic deliberations of the Warsaw Pact and NATO, the balance of forces, the role of the local peace movement, and various other topics, while weaving together the history of the Cold War at local, European, and global levels.
Dieter Krüger is associate professor at the University of Potsdam.Volker Bausch is former director of the Point Alpha Foundation.
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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.
Innehållsförteckning
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
