Publication

2000-07-07 - Palgrave Macmillan

Language

English

Word Count

88,500 words, Guess

Page Count

354 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL9414906M
  • ISBN-139780312226701
  • ISBN-100312226705
  • OCLC Control Number41754618
  • Library of Congress Control Number99037877
and 2 more
  • LibraryThing9558419
  • Goodreads456479

Classifications

  • LCCUG626.2.N67 J67 2000
  • LCCH1-99

Description

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."

First Sentence

This is the story of Supreme Commander and the institutions for which he served.

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