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Book contents
- GIs in Germany
- Series page
- GIs in Germany
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One Strategy and Politics
- 1 Guarantors of Peace and Freedom
- 2 Deterrence and Defense
- 3 The War That Was Never Fought
- 4 Why They Did Not Go Home
- Part Two Military Communities
- Part Three Tensions between Neighbors
- Part Four The German Armed Forces and the American Model
- Part Five The 1970s and 1980s
- Appendix: Population Statistics for U.S. Military in Germany, 1945–2000
- Select Bibliography
- Index
3 - The War That Was Never Fought
The U.S. Army, the Bundeswehr, and the NATO Central Front
from Part One - Strategy and Politics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
- GIs in Germany
- Series page
- GIs in Germany
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One Strategy and Politics
- 1 Guarantors of Peace and Freedom
- 2 Deterrence and Defense
- 3 The War That Was Never Fought
- 4 Why They Did Not Go Home
- Part Two Military Communities
- Part Three Tensions between Neighbors
- Part Four The German Armed Forces and the American Model
- Part Five The 1970s and 1980s
- Appendix: Population Statistics for U.S. Military in Germany, 1945–2000
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
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- GIs in GermanyThe Social, Economic, Cultural, and Political History of the American Military Presence, pp. 73 - 95Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013