AMERICAN POLICY-MAKING PRACTICES AND THE ORIGINS OF THE U. S. COMMITMENT TO THE WEST BERLIN ENCLAVE

Abstract

In the World War II era, the processes of strategic policy formulation and decision making with respect to arrangements for the occupation of Germany and Berlin were severely handicapped by both doctrinal and procedural difficulties. Generally, high-level attention was riveted exclusively upon the immediate situation, with attention to more remote matters postponed until these practical concerns had been duly dispatched, most commonly because of insensitivity to the long-term effects and indirect political consequences of technical and operational expedients.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0648317

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  • Paul H. Johnstone

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  • Institute for Defense Analyses

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