Building for Peace: U.S. Army Engineers in Europe, 1945-1991

by Robert P. Grathwol, Donita M Moorhus, Donita M. Moorhus

Most of the large wars between the end of World War II in 1945 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 were fought in Asia and the Middle East. Europe, where no war was fought, ironically was the epicenter of the Cold War. The stakes were highest there for both sides as two fundamentally opposed ideologies and political systems confronted each other across the so-called Iron Curtain. Both sides saw war in Europe as an Armageddon that could bring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1516973089
• ISBN13: 9781516973088
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"