Course contents: Lesson 1, combined operations - Europe; Lesson 2, Allied forces Northern Europe; Lesson 3, Allied forces Central Europe (AFCENT); Lesson 4, combined operations - AFSOUTH; and Lesson 5, Europe contemporary issues. Contents: "The threat to Northern Europe"; "Operations on the Northern Flank of NATO"; "The theater nuclear force posture in Europe: a report to the U.S. Congress"; and extracts from "US Soviet military balance"; The NATO command structure; NATO areas of responsibility; Warsaw Pact command structure; US and Soviet forces in Central Europe; Warsaw Pact avenues of approach, Military sectors in NATO's central region; NATO/Warsaw Pact forces in Central Europe, NATO/Warsaw Pact divisions, NATO/Warsaw Pact naval comparisons. Readings included: "Crisis in NATO: a problem of leadership?"; "Fact sheet on the Northern Command"; "Reinforcement operations in northern Norway"; "The significance of the forward defense strategy"; "France and NATO": "The central region air battle"; "Defense of central Europe - the challenge of the 1980s"; "The short cut"; "France and NATO: an ambiguous relationship"; "NATO's three percent solution"; and "Understanding military contingency planning".