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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The outcome is known. The decisions were not.Why did the Western powers stay in Berlin before the airlift had proved it could sustain the city Why did Washington cross the 38th Parallel with a Chinese warning in hand Why did Kennedy begin with a naval quarantine rather than air strikes And why did Moscow sometimes use force, sometimes threaten it, and sometimes refuse to commit it at all Cold War Before the Outcome reconstructs twenty pivotal choices from the Berlin crisis of 1948 to German reunification in 1990 as they appeared to the people who had to make them-before later events made the path look inevitable.Across the book, the analysis separates what was known from what was assumed, plans from authorizations, military capability from politically usable power, and immediate risk from consequences visible only later.From Korea, Hungary, Suez, Cuba, Vietnam, Prague, Helsinki, Afghanistan, Reykjavik, the INF Treaty, Leipzig, and German unification, Thomas Norwick examines how uncertainty, alliances, escalation, negotiation, and institutional authority shaped what was genuinely possible.For readers who want the Cold War not as a march toward a known ending, but as a sequence of decisions made while the future was still open.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The outcome is known. The decisions were not.Why did Britain reject mediation in 1940 Why did Japan choose a war it could begin but could not control When did an escape from Stalingrad cease to be a real option And how should responsibility be judged when policy becomes routine World War II Before the Outcome reconstructs twelve pivotal choices as they appeared to the people who had to make them-before victory, defeat, and hindsight simplified the evidence.Each chapter separates: - what was known from what was merely believed, - real alternatives from plans that existed only on paper, - strategic value from operational feasibility, - and responsibility from the machinery through which orders were carried out.From Mers-el-Kébir, Pearl Harbor, Midway, and Stalingrad to D-Day, Warsaw, Luzon, and the atomic bombings, Thomas Norwick examines how intelligence, logistics, coalition politics, timing, and moral responsibility shaped what was genuinely possible.This is not a general history of the war. It is a concise study of judgment under uncertainty-for readers of military history and strategy who want to understand not only what happened, but why intelligent people sometimes made catastrophic choices.…