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Norstad: Cold-War NATO Supreme Commander

Airman, Strategist, Diplomat

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  • © 2000

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  1. Robert S. Jordan

    1. University of New Orleans, New Orleans, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. On Becoming SACEUR

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The End and the Beginning

      • Robert S. Jordan
      Pages 3-20

    3. Applying Planning and Operational Skills in North Africa and the Pacific

      • Robert S. Jordan
      Pages 21-44

    4. The Battles for Unification and for Berlin

      • Robert S. Jordan
      Pages 45-72

    5. Norstad and the “Grand Strategy” for the Cold War

      • Robert S. Jordan
      Pages 73-99

  3. On Being SACEUR

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Nuclear Weapons for Europe’s Defense: Norstad and the Eisenhower Administration

      • Robert S. Jordan
      Pages 103-132

    3. The 1958–59 Crisis Over Berlin: Putting the Consultative Machinery In Place

      • Robert S. Jordan
      Pages 133-147

    4. The Berlin Crisis Intensifies

      • Robert S. Jordan
      Pages 148-166

    5. The 1961–62 Berlin Crisis: The Unraveling of a Relationship

      • Robert S. Jordan
      Pages 167-193

    6. The End Nears

      • Robert S. Jordan
      Pages 194-212

  4. Conclusions

    1. Conclusions

      • Robert S. Jordan
      Pages 213-222

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 223-329
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About this book

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."

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of New Orleans, New Orleans, USA

    Robert S. Jordan

About the author

Robert S. Jordan is Research Professor of International Institutions at the University of New Orleans.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Norstad: Cold-War NATO Supreme Commander

  • Book Subtitle: Airman, Strategist, Diplomat

  • Authors: Robert S. Jordan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-62477-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-22670-1Published: 04 August 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-62477-5Published: 30 April 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 329

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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