Blueprints for Battle: Planning for War in Central Europe, 1948-1968

Contributors

245 Contributors Richard J. Aldrich is professor of international security at the University of Warwick and author of several books, including The Hidden Hand: Britain, America, and Cold War Secret Intelligence (2001) and GCHQ: The Uncensored Story of Britain’s Most Secret Intelligence Agency (2010). Since 2008, he has been leading a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council titled “Landscapes of Secrecy: The Central Intelligence Agency and the Contested Record of U.S. Foreign Policy.” Donald A. Carter is a historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military History . His publications include “Eisenhower vs. the Generals,” Journal of Military History (2007). Torsten Diedrich is head of exhibition management at the Military History Research Institute (MGFA), Potsdam. He is the author of Paulus—das Trauma von Stalingrad: Eine Biographie (2009) and coauthor of Die getarnte Armee: Geschichte der Kasernierten Volkspolizei 1952–1956 (2001). Robert Evans is head of the Army Historical Branch, which is a part of the UK Ministry of Defence. His previous publications include “The Origins and Brief History of the Commander in Chief and the Chief of the General Staff of the British Army,” British Army Review (2011). Captain (Naval) Dimitri N. Filippovych is professor of history at the Military University Moscow. He is a coeditor of Vor dem Abgrund: Die Rolle der Streitkräfte der USA und der UdSSR sowie ihrer deutschen Bündnispartner in der Kubakrise (with Matthias Uhl, 2005) and Kto byl kto v Sovetskoj Voennoj Administracii v Germanii: 1945–1949; kratkij spravočnik (with Manfred Heinemann, 1999). 246 Contributors Colonel (Ret.) Viktor Gavrilov is leading research fellow at the Institute of Military History of the Russian Defense Ministry, Moscow. He is the author of Voennaya razvedka informiruet: Dokumenty Razvedupravleniya Krasnoy Armii. Yanvar’ 1939–iyun’ 1941 (2008) and coauthor of Balkanskiy tupik? Istoricheskaya sud’ba Yugoslavii v XX veke (with Nina V. Vasil’evna, 2000). Lieutenant Colonel Helmut Hammerich is a historian at the MGFA, Potsdam. He is currently writing about the implementation of NATO Strategy Flexible Response in the 1970s and 1980s. His previous publications include Jeder für sich und Amerika gegen alle? Die Lastenteilung der NATO am Beispiel des Temporary Council Committee, 1949–1954 (2003). Jan Hoffenaar is head of the research division at the Netherlands Institute of Military History, The Hague, and professor of military history at Utrecht University. His main research topics are the Dutch military contribution to NATO and the Royal Netherlands Army during the Cold War. His publications include Met de blik naar het Oosten: De Koninklijke Landmacht 1945– 1990 (with Ben Schoenmaker, 1994); “‘To Defend or Not Defend’: Drawing the Line in the Netherlands,” in War Plans and Alliances in the Cold War (edited by Vojtech Mastny, Sven G. Holstmark, and Andreas Wenger, 2006); and Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: Irregular Warfare from 1800 to the Present (edited with Thijs Brocades Zaalberg and Alan Lemmers, 2011). Lawrence S. Kaplan is a professorial lecturer in history at Georgetown University. His publications include NATO and the UN: A Peculiar Relationship (2010) and NATO 1948: The Birth of the Transatlantic Alliance (2007). Dieter Krüger is associate professor (Privatdozent) of contemporary history at the Martin Luther University of Halle–Wittenberg and a historian at MGFA, Potsdam. He is the author of Sicherheit durch Integration? Die wirtschaftliche und politische Zusammenarbeit Westeuropas 1947 bis 1957/58 (2003) and Brennender Enzian: Die Operationsplanung der NATO für Österreich und Norditalien 1951 bis 1960 (2010). Gregory W. Pedlow has been chief of the Historical Office at NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe since 1989. He is the editor of NATO Strategy Documents, 1949–1969, and coeditor of On Waterloo: Clausewitz , Wellington, and the Campaign of 1815 (2010). Contributors 247 Herman Roozenbeek is a senior researcher at the Netherlands Institute of Military History. He has written extensively on the history of the Royal Netherlands Army during the Cold War. His publications include Vredesmacht in Libanon: De Nederlandse deelname aan UNIFIL 1979–1985 (with Ben Schoenmaker, 2004) and De geest in de fles: De omgang van de Nederlandse defensieorganisatie met chemische strijdmiddelen 1915–1997 (with Jeoffrey van Woensel, 2010). Bruno Thoss is the former director of scholarship and currently acting head of the research department at MGFA, Potsdam. His publications include Die NATO als Militärallianz: Strategie, Organisation und nukleare Kontrolle im Bündnis 1949–1959 (2003) and NATO-Strategie und nationale Verteidigungsplanung : Planung und Aufbau der Bundeswehr unter den Bedingungen...