This book offers a biography of the most glamorous and powerful NATO Supreme Commander of the Cold War, General Lauris Norstad, as both a "nuclear" general and an "international" general. His primary goal was to keep the Alliance together as he accommodated British and French nuclear ambitions while forestalling the same in West Germany. He also was at the center of the political/military maneuverings over Berlin and the Soviet attempt to blackmail the West into recognizing East Germany, all of which culminated in the building of the infamous "Wall."
| ISBN: | 9781349624799 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 2013 |
| Author: | NA NA |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 329 pages |
| Genres: |
Science: general issues |
This book offers a biography of the most glamorous and powerful NATO Supreme Commander of the Cold War, General Lauris Norstad, as both a "nuclear" general and an "international" general. His primary goal was to keep the Alliance together as he accommodated British and French nuclear ambitions while forestalling the same in West Germany. He also was at the center of the political/military maneuverings over Berlin and the Soviet attempt to blackmail the West into recognizing East Germany, all of which culminated in the building of the infamous "Wall."
Norstad: Cold-War NATO Supreme Commander features in the following genres: Science: general issues
Norstad: Cold-War NATO Supreme Commander is available in Ebook, Paperback
Norstad: Cold-War NATO Supreme Commander was written by NA NA and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
Norstad: Cold-War NATO Supreme Commander has 329 pages