While scholarship abounds on the diplomatic and security aspects of the
Cold War, very little attention has been paid to military planning at
the operational level. In Blueprints for Battle, experts from Russia,
the United States, and Europe address this dearth by closely examining
the military planning of NATO and Warsaw Pact member nations from the
end of World War II to the beginning of détente. Informed by material
from recently opened archives, this collection investigates the
perceptions