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Norstad: Cold-War NATO Supreme Commander Airman, Strategist, Diplomat

Norstad: Cold-War NATO Supreme Commander Airman, Strategist, Diplomat

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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."

Keywords

ScienceSocial SciencePhilosophy

2000Book

Author(s)Robert S. Jordan

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9780312226701

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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