During the Cold War, the possibility of armed conflict with the Warsaw Pact loomed like a sword of Damocles over West Germany, which was slated to become the battleground of the Third World War. Given this permanent threat, the military leaders of the Bundeswehr were forced to imagine the forms the war would take. The author explores in detail the historical development of their ideas about war.

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Florian Reichenberger, Offizierschule des Heeres, Dresden.