My hope is to explain about changes in political and military thinking from the 80s to present days.
When i start my carrier at the german Bundeswehr in 1981 i was thrown right in the middle of the cold war.
Until 1990 and the end of the WP the the cold war get´n hotter and hotter.
For most of you is this situation part of their personal lifetime.
First let us start with this Document from 1990 http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a223591.pdf
it explains the problem after the end of the WP ..... TY , a scenario whoes time has passed (really??? my comment)
and now http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/15572
the return of TY? US Tank rolling through middle an east europe to show force
24 years between the first document and the last one