War plans and alliances in the Cold War
Subtitle: threat perceptions in the East and West
By: edited by Vojtech Mastny, Sven Holtsmark, and Andreas Wenger.
Contributors: Mastny, Vojtech, 1936-; Holtsmark, Sven.; Wenger, Andreas.
Series: CSS studies in security and international relations
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Military policy; Warsaw Treaty Organization -- Military policy; Military planning -- Europe; Military planning -- North America; Cold War
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Imagining war in Europe : Soviet strategic planning / Vojtech Mastny; title: Storming on to Paris : the 1961 "Buria" exercise and the planned solution of the Berlin crisis / Matthias Uhl; title: War plans under Stalin and Khruschev : the Czechoslovak pivot / Petr Luk; title: The Warsaw Pact's special target : planning the seizure of Denmark / Frede P. Jensen; title: The other side of Détente : US quest for limited nuclear options, 1969-1974 / William Burr; title: Silent allies and hostile neutrals : nonaligned states in the Cold War / Wilhelm Agrell; title: The politics of military planning : evolution of NATO's strategy / Andreas Wenger; title: Alliance of democracies and nuclear deterrence / Beatrice Heuser; title: Securing small-state interests : Norway in NATO / Kjell Inge Bjerga and Kjetil Skogrand; title: How strong was the "weakest link" : Danish security policy reconsidered / Jonathan Agger and Trine Engholm Michelsen; title: To defend or not to defend : drawing the line in the Netherlands / Jan Hoffenaar; title: Arrogant and unilateralist : McNamara, Vietnam, and the defense of Europe / Lawrence S. Kaplan.