NATO-Warsaw Pact Force Mobilization.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simon, Jeffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Armed Forces--Mobilization.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Armed Forces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (526 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Barakaldo Books, 2021.

Summary:

Recent demographic and economic trends present mobilization problems for both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact. When the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to rid Europe of intermediate-range nuclear weapons, their agreement increased the emphasis on conventional force balances-thus creating anew strains within and between the alliances. These developments make the time ripe for a comprehensive study of NATO and Warsaw Pact capabilities to mobilize their conventional forces. This book draws upon essays prepared for the NATO-Warsaw Pact conference. In these essays, U.S. and European specialists discuss developments and vulnerabilities in the blocs. They address four issues 1 mobilization and reinforcement, 2 developments in front-line states, 3 communications and transportation problems, and 4 difficulties on the flanks. These individual studies and the book as a whole represent the most current and thorough examination of NATO-Warsaw Pact capabilities available today.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION

Figures and Tables

Part I Map

Part II Map

Part III Map

Part IV Map

Foreword

Acknowledgments

An Overview of NATO-Warsaw Pact Mobilization Issues

PART I. MOBILIZATION AND REINFORCEMENT PROBLEMS

PART II. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FRONTLINE STATES

PART III. PROBLEMS OF COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORTATION

PART IV. PROBLEMS ON THE FLANKS

PART I-MOBILIZATION AND REINFORCEMENT PROBLEMS

1 NATO and Warsaw Pact Institutional Developments

THE SHIFTING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

DEFENSE EXPENDITURES AND MANPOWER POLICIES

ALERTING MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES

DEFENSIVE MILITARY DOCTRINES

FUTURE TRENDS

2 Soviet Reinforcement and Mobilization Issues

HISTORICAL FACTORS IN THE EVOLUTION OF MOBILIZATION

A LEXICON OF SOVIET MOBILIZATION CONCEPTS

THE MECHANISMS OF MOBILIZATION

WESTERN MILITARY DISTRICT AND CENTRAL STRATEGIC RESERVES: FORCES AND COMMAND AND CONTROL

THE STRUGGLE TO MOBILIZE AND DEPLOY

3 US Mobilization for Reinforcing Western Europe

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

MOBILIZATION TODAY

TIME IMPLICATIONS OF MOBILIZATION

AUGMENTATION OF STRATEGIC MOBILITY ASSETS

MOVEMENT OF MATERIEL

REINFORCEMENT REALITIES

CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF NUCLEAR DETERRENCE

THE MILITARY BALANCE IN EUROPE

SOVIET PERSPECTIVES

COPING WITH REALITY

THE MACRO VIEW

MUSINGS ABOUT NATO'S POTENTIAL

PRESSURES FOR CHANGE

REINFORCEMENT ALTERNATIVES

SEQUENCING OF REINFORCEMENTS

PRE-HOSTILITIES REINFORCEMENT

THE PROSPECTS

4 The Soviet Perception of US Reinforcement of NATO

THE MILITARY-DOCTRINAL PERSPECTIVE

THE MILITARY-STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE

THE SOVIET VIEW OF THE PRIMARY DANGER

5 Future US Reinforcement Options

THE REINFORCEMENT DILEMMA

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS FOR DEFENSE PLANNING

SOME US REINFORCEMENT OPTIONS.

HOW LIGHT SHOULD LIGHT BE?

MOTORIZED DIVISIONS AND ARMY PREPOSITIONED SHIPS (APS)

PART II-DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FRONTLINE STATES

6 The GDR: A Model Mobilization

MILITARY POTENTIAL

COMMAND, CONTROL, AND INTEGRATION

FUTURE PROSPECTS: CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

7 The Czechoslovak Armed Forces

ARMS CONTROL PROPOSALS AND CZECHOSLOVAK SECURITY

CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL PROPOSALS AND CZECHOSLOVAK SECURITY

CONFIDENCE-BUILDING PROPOSALS AND CZECHOSLOVAK SECURITY

COMMON SECURITY INTERESTS OF HUSAK/JAKES AND GORBACHEV

1955-1961: THE FIRST PERIOD

1961-1968: A CZECHOSLOVAK FRONT IN THE WARSAW PACT?

JANUARY-AUGUST, 1968: PRAGUE SPRING

CHARTERS OF SOVIET-CZECHOSLOVAK MILITARY COOPERATION

THE CZECHOSLOVAK PEOPLE'S ARMY AND THE CENTRAL GROUP OF FORCES

BUILDING A COMBAT COALITION

SOVIET PENETRATION OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK ARMY

THE INTERNAL FRONT IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1969-1984

THE LEGACY OF THE BREZHNEV-HUSAK ERA

PROSPECTS FOR CZECHOSLOVAK SECURITY POLICY

8 The Federal Republic of Germany

MOBILIZATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE BUNDESHEER

FORCE GENERATION AND COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS

PROGNOSIS FOR THE FUTURE

Sources

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND BUNDESWEHR EVOLUTION

FORCE GENERATION

THE GERMAN TERRITORIAL ARMY

OPERATIONAL ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES

LOGISTIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT

CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE FUTURE

BUNDESWEHR DIVISIONAL HISTORIES

9 France

MOBILIZATION IN CONTEMPORARY FRENCH MILITARY HISTORY

THE ROLE OF FRANCE IN NATO MOBILIZATION, 1949-1966

THE ENDURING ALLIED CONNECTION

MOBILIZATION CONCEPTS

THE MOBILIZATION SYSTEM

MOBILIZATION FOR DEFENSE OF THE CENTRAL FRONT

MOBILIZATION FOR "OUT-OF-AREA" SECURITY

PROSPECTS

10 The United Kingdom

HISTORICAL MOBILIZATION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

CURRENT LESSONS FROM HISTORICAL MOBILIZATION.

THE BRITISH RESERVE SYSTEM

FORCE STRUCTURE

FORCE UTILIZATION

THE ROLE WITHIN THE ALLIANCE

FORCES DEPLOYMENT AND INTERACTION

THE NATIONAL FORCE STRUCTURE: LONG-RANGE PROSPECTS

THE ALLIANCE RELATIONSHIP

PART III-PROBLEMS OF COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORTATION

11 The Polish People's Army

HISTORICAL PRECEDENTS

THE POLISH PEOPLE'S ARMY TODAY

PARAMILITARY FORCES

THE POLISH PEOPLE'S ARMY IN ACTION

THE PPA'S ROLE IN WARSAW PACT MILITARY OPERATIONS

THE FUTURE OF THE ARMED FORCES

12 Hungarian Mobilization and Force Structure

MOBILIZATION: PRECEDENTS, EXPERIENCES, PROBLEMS

SUCCESSES AND PROBLEMS IN PERFORMANCE OF THE HPA

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE HPA: PAST AND PRESENT

THE HPA AND THE WARSAW PACT

12.2-HUNGARIAN DEFFENSE BUDGETS, 1971-1986

IS THE FUTURE TRULY OURS, COMRADES?

13 Belgium: The Strategic Hub

WORLD WAR I

THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE WARS

WORLD WAR II

THE POST WAR PERIOD

EVOLUTION OF FORCE STRUCTURE

BELGIAN CONSCRIPTION SYSTEM

THE RESERVE FORCE

MOBILIZATION BY OBJECTIVES

MOBILIZATION SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

THE ROLE OF THE GENDARMES

THE MOBILIZATION BASE

WARTIME HOST NATION SUPPORT (WHNS)

THE PROBLEM OF STRUCTURAL DISARMAMENT

PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

13.7-Annual training plan for 1985

14 The Dutch Contribution to NATO

THE PROBLEM

FROM ARMED NEUTRALITY TO COLLECTIVE DEFENSE

FORCE MOBILIZATION TODAY

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES

THE KEY TO THE CORE PROBLEM: DUTCH OPERATIONAL RESERVES

PRESENT AND FUTURE COMBAT POWER

PART IV-PROBLEMS ON THE FLANKS

15 The Bulgarian People's Army

BULGARIA'S MILITARY TRADITION AND HISTORY

THE NATURE OF HOSTILITIES

SYSTEMIC INTEGRATION

DOMESTIC SOCIOECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS

MILITARY PREPAREDNESS

OVERVIEW OF BULGARIAN MOBILIZATION

16 The Romanian Armed Forces.

MOBILIZATION IN BOTH WORLD WARS

MOBILIZATION LESSONS FROM THE TWO WORLD WARS

EVOLUTION IN ROMANIAN FORCES SINCE 1968

ROLE WITHIN THE WARSAW PACT

ROMANIAN FORCES ABROAD

IMPACT OF FORCE STRUCTURE ON MOBILIZATION

IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WARSAW PACT

17 Danish Defense Problems

THE POLITICIZATION OF SECURITY AND DEFENSE ISSUES

THE THREE FOUNDATIONS OF DANISH DEFENSE

THE STRUCTURE OF DANISH DEFENSE

THE MOBILIZATION FORCE

NATIONAL SERVICE IN DENMARK

THE PROBLEMS OF EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

HAS DANISH DEFENSE FALLEN BETWEEN TWO STOOLS?

CRISIS MANAGEMENT

THE INSTITUTION OF DEFENSE SETTLEMENTS

THE COMING DEFENSE SETTLEMENT OF 1988

18 Force Mobilization in Norway

THE ROLE OF FORCE MOBILIZATION TODAY

USE IN MILITARY OPERATIONS

THE FORCE STRUCTURE IN THE LONG TERM

FUTURE RELATIONS WITH THE ALLIANCE

MOBILIZATION, A DUTY AND A RIGHT

Maintaining the Balance

WARSAW PACT STRENGTHS/NATO VULNERABILITIES

NATO STRENGTHS/WARSAW PACT VULNERABILITIES

NATO/WARSAW PACT VULNERABILITIES

US-NATO POLICY SUGGESTIONS

PROSPECTS.

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Print version: Simon, Jeffrey NATO-Warsaw Pact Force Mobilization

ISBN:

9781839747533

OCLC:

1323254907