Description: Focuses on the Seventh Army in West Germany--the largest and best-prepared field army ever deployed by the U.S. in peacetime--to show how the U.S. army redefined its identity, structure, and mission in order to avoid obsolescence during the Cold War era of nuclear weapons and air power.
Review Quotes:
"An exceptional, in-depth analysis of the role played by the U.S. Army in American strategy during and immediately after the Cold War. . . . Indispensable for anyone attempting to understand that period or the Army's thinking in its current efforts to develop Future Combat Systems."--Dale R. Herspring, author of Rumsfeld's Wars: The Arrogance of Power
"Few authors illuminate the details and interactions of strategy, organization, doctrine, and technology as well as Trauschweizer has done here."--Dave Hogan, author of Centuries of Service: The U.S. Army, 1775-2004
"Fills a significant gap in the military history of the twentieth century and deserves the attention of soldiers, historians, and the general public."--Jonathan M. House, author of Combined Arms Warfare in the Twentieth Century