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Norstad - Cold-war Supreme Commander
R. Jordan
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Description for Norstad - Cold-war Supreme Commander
Hardcover. This is the story of the most powerful NATO Supreme Commander of the Cold War, General Lauris Norstad was both a 'nuclear' general and an 'international' general. His primary goal was to keep the Alliance together and was at the centre of the political/military manoeuvrings over Berlin. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLW3; JPSN; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
The most glamorous and powerful NATO Supreme Commander of the Cold War, General Lauris Norstad was 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 the West Germans. He also was at the centre of the political/military manoeuvrings 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'.
The most glamorous and powerful NATO Supreme Commander of the Cold War, General Lauris Norstad was 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 the West Germans. He also was at the centre of the political/military manoeuvrings 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'.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Number of Pages
329
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333490853
SKU
V9780333490853
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99-1
About R. Jordan
ROBERT S. JORDAN is Research Professor of International Institutions, Professor of Political Science, and Seraphia Leyda University Teaching Fellow at the University of New Orleans. His first book, a study of the NATO International Staff/Secretariat during Lord Ismay's founding tenure, was followed by over twenty books published in the United States, Britain and Nigeria, with translations into Arabic, French and ... Read more
Reviews for Norstad - Cold-war Supreme Commander
'A fine work. This book will be a catalyst for further studies in alliance leadership.' - Professor Robert O'Neill, All Soul's College, Oxford