From Confrontation to Cooperation: The Takeover of the National People's (East German) Army by the Bundeswehr (Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought)

FROM CONFRONTATION TO COOPERATION

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FROM CONFRONTATION TO COOPERATION The Takeover of the National People's (East German) Army + by the Bundeswehr + FREDERICK ZILIAN, JR. Foreword by Werner von Scheven

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Zilian, Frederick, 1948From confrontation to cooperation : the takeover of the National People's (East German) Army by the Bundeswehr / Frederick Zilian, Jr. : foreword by Werner von Scheven. p. cm.—(Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought, ISSN 1076-1543) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-275-96546-5 (alk. paper) 1. Germany (East). NationaleVolksarmee—Demobilization. 2. Germany—Armed Forces—Reorganization. 3. Germany—History— Unification, 1990. I. Title. II. Series. UA719.3.Z55 1999 355.3'09431—dc21 98-47816 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 1999 by Frederick Zilian, Jr. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-47816 ISBN: 0-275-96546-5 ISSN: 1076-1543 First published in 1999 Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.praeger.com Printed in the United States of America