TY - BOOK ID - 14467642 TI - Fighting the Cold War : A Soldier's Memoir PY - 2015 SN - 9780813161013 9780813161037 0813161037 9780813161020 0813161029 0813161010 081317600X PB - Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, DB - UniCat KW - GALVIN, JOHN R., 1929-2015--BIOGRAPHY KW - GENERALS--USA--BIOGRAPHY KW - COLD WAR KW - NATO--MILITARY COMMAND--SACEUR KW - Cold War KW - Generals KW - World politics KW - Galvin, John R., KW - United States. KW - U.S. Army KW - US Army KW - Officers KW - United States KW - History, Military UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14467642 AB - The author recounts here his active participation in more than fifty years of international history - from the aftermath of World War II through the fall of the Berlin Wall and the post-Cold War era. The four-star general's illustrious tenure included the rare opportunity to lead two successive unified commands : United States Southern Command in Panama from 1985 to 1987 and United States European Command from 1987 to 1992. As NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe during the tumultuous five years that ended the Cold War, he played a key role in shaping a new era. ER -