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." Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The End and the Beginning....Pages 3-20 Applying Planning and Operational Skills in North Africa and the Pacific....Pages 21-44 The Battles for Unification and for Berlin....Pages 45-72 Norstad and the “Grand Strategy” for the Cold War....Pages 73-99 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 Nuclear Weapons for Europe’s Defense: Norstad and the Eisenhower Administration....Pages 103-132 The 1958–59 Crisis Over Berlin: Putting the Consultative Machinery In Place....Pages 133-147 The Berlin Crisis Intensifies....Pages 148-166 The 1961–62 Berlin Crisis: The Unraveling of a Relationship....Pages 167-193 The End Nears....Pages 194-212 Conclusions....Pages 213-222 Back Matter....Pages 223-329