Fulda Gap: battlefield of the Cold War alliances

  • Creator: edited by Dieter Krüger and Volker Bausch ; translated by David R. Dorondo.

This 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 NATO and the Warsaw Pact, the balance of forces, and the role of the local peace movement, among other topics."--Provided by publisher.

  • OCLC #: 1002125452
  • ISBN #:
    • 9781498569484
    • 149856948X
  • Call #: UA710.F85 2018
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — New Books — UA710
  • Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
  • Language:
    • Translated into English from the original German.
  • Physical Description: xi, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Contents:
    • Fulda Gap: a flashpoint of the Cold War between myth and reality / Helmut H. Hammerich
    • The Eighth Guards Army of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany and the Fulda Gap / Matthias Uhl
    • The strategic and operational considerations of NATO in Europe since the 1970s / Helge Hansen
    • The development of the military conceptions of the Warsaw Pact in the last two decades of the east-west conflict / Siegfried Lautsch
    • The development of NATO defense plans for central Europe in the final decades of the Cold War / Gregory W. Pedlow
    • The defense of Highway 84: recollections of the commander, B Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 1978-1980 / Roger Cirillo
    • The Fulda Gap: a personal perspective from platoon leader to Army group / Crosbie E. Saint
    • The GDR and its mission in the Warsaw Pact / Torsten Diedrich
    • The wartime mission of the border troops of the GDR / Detlef Rotha
    • Brinkmanship in the Cold War: theoretical foundation and application / Mathias Rupp
    • When the Cold War almost turned hot / Albin F. Irzyk
    • When the world stood at the abyss
    • and no one knew it / Volker Bausch
    • The military relationship of forces between the North Atlantic Alliance and the Warsaw Pact / Michael Poppe
    • The alliances and the Fulda Gap: a balance between ideology, politics, strategy, and operational plans / Dieter Krüger.