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- Title
Gerd Bolik, NATO-Planungen für die Verteidigung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Kalten Krieg, Berlin: Miles 2021, 211 S., EUR 34,80 [ISBN 978‑3‑96776‑021‑7].
- Authors
Hammerich, Helmut R.
- Abstract
The book "NATO Plans for the Defense of the Federal Republic of Germany during the Cold War" by Gerd Bolik provides a detailed description of NATO's defense plans for Western Europe from 1949 to 1989. The author utilizes available General Defense Plans of NATO and individual alliance states to reconstruct the secret operational plans for the NATO command areas Allied Forces Northern Europe (AFNORTH) and Allied Forces Central Europe (AFCENT). The book offers an overview of the defense boundaries of the Federal Republic of Germany against a potential attack from the Warsaw Pact and demonstrates how the forward edge of defense gradually shifted towards the inner German border. It also emphasizes the significance of the "old Bundeswehr" as a crucial pillar of NATO defense.
- Subjects
NATO-Planungen fur die Verteidigung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Kalten Krieg (Book); BOLIK, Gerd; OFFICIAL secrets; NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organization; COLD War, 1945-1991; GERMAN military; NONFICTION; WARSAW Treaty Organization; GEOGRAPHIC boundaries
- Publication
Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift, 2023, Vol 82, Issue 1, p254
- ISSN
2193-2336
- Publication type
Book Review
- DOI
10.1515/mgzs-2023-0049