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Cold War Plans That Never Happened: 1945-91

Cold War Plans That Never Happened: 1945-91

Kerrigan, Michael

Paperback

Series: Plans That Never Happened

General Political ScienceMilitary StrategyOther Wars

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ISBN10: 1782749691
ISBN13: 9781782749691
Publisher: Amber Books
Published: Jun 14 2020
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.20 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
From building an electric fence between North and South Vietnam to building a US base on the moon, many hare-brained schemes were seriously considered by both sides in the Cold War. Cold War Plans That Never Happened tells the stories of some of the most secret and outrageous ideas, many of which would have changed the course of history.From a NATO nuclear attack on the Soviet Union to a Warsaw Pact land assault on Western Europe; from building an electric fence between North and South Vietnam to building a US base on the moon; it may all sound unlikely, but during the Cold War these operations and others were seriously considered by both sides.
Cold War Plans That Never Happened tells the stories of some of the most secret and outrageous operations that were conceived, many of which would have changed the course of history; from the US plan to oust Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz and Chiang Kai Shek's plans to re-invade China from Taiwan, to experiments in psychokinesis.
On an entry-by-entry basis, this book explains the context of each planned operation and explores whether it might have been successful, and what the impact might have been if it had gone ahead. Arranged by continents, the book includes easy-to-read factboxes, informing the reader of the date, intended purpose and forces involved. In addition there are rare photographs and illustrations to demonstrate that these were real operations seriously considered by the planning staffs.
Authoritatively written and with more than 250 colour and black-and-white photographs, maps and illustrations, Cold War Plans That Never Happened will prove fascinating to anyone interested in twentieth century history.

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