Blueprints for Battle; Planning for War in Central Europe, 1948-1968
Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2012. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxxvii, [1], 261, [5] pages. A Note on the English Translation. List of Abbreviations and Common Terms. Figure. Table. Maps. Notes. Contributors. Index. Review copy card and publisher's ephemera laid in. Among the topics covered are: NATO, Warsaw Pact, Forward Defense, Operational Planning, NORTHAG, Military Strategy, Strategic Defense, Unlimited Nuclear War, Military Intelligence, Military Logistics, Military Planning, War Games, Atomic Doctrine, and British Army. Jan Hoffenaar is head of the research division at the Netherlands Institute of Military History, The Hague, and professor of military history at Utrecht University. He is coeditor of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: Irregular Warfare from 1800 to the Present. Dieter Krüger is associate professor (privatdozent) of contemporary history at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and historian at the Military History Research Institute (MGFA), Potsdam. David T. Zabecki (born 1947) is an American military historian, author and editor. Zabecki served in the U.S. Army both in the Vietnam War and in United States Army Europe in Germany attaining the rank of major general. Zabecki holds Ph.D.s in engineering and in military science. He is the author, editor and translator of several books on the military history of Germany, including World War I and World War II. While scholarship abounds on the diplomatic and security aspects of the Cold War, very little attention has been paid to military planning at the operational level. In Blueprints for Battle, experts from Russia, the United States, and Europe address this dearth by closely examining the military planning of NATO and Warsaw Pact member nations from the end of World War II to the beginning of détente. Informed by material from recently opened archives, this collection investigates the perceptions and actions of the rival coalitions, exploring the challenges presented by nuclear technology, examining how military commanders' perceptions changed from the 1950s to the 1960s, and discussing logistical coordination among allied states. The result is a detailed study that offers much-needed new perspectives on the military aspects of the early Cold War. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: NATO, Warsaw Pact, Forward Defense, Operational Planning, NORTHAG, Military Strategy, Strategic Defense, Unlimited Nuclear War, Military Intelligence, Military Logistics, Military Planning, War Games, Atomic Doctrine, British Army
ISBN: 9780813136516
[Book #85251]
Price: $125.00