Inhalt: | This book provides a comprehensive view of trhe reamament of Germany after World War II. The book centers on the debate on German rearmament inside Germany and in the international context. The issues of military planning and economic effects of German rearmament are discussed, as well as the rearmament of the East German State. Intro -- Rearming Germany -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- THE BEGINNING OF REARMAMENT -- The Himmerod Memorandum and the Beginning of West German Security Policy -- Adenauer, Amt Blank, and the Founding of the Bundeswehr 1950-1956 -- THE DEBATE WITHIN GERMAN SOCIETY -- A Reasonable "Yes": The Social Democrats and West German Rearmament, 1945-1956 -- THE ALLIED POWERS AND THE CREATION OF A NEW GERMAN ARMED FORCERS -- The European Defense Community -- American Assistance to the New German Army and Luftwaffe -- Establishing the Bundesmarine: The Convergence of Central Planning and Pre-existing Maritime Organizations, 1950-1956 -- THE ECONOMICS OF GERMAN REARMAMENT -- German Industry, the Cold War, and the Bundeswehr -- Reasons of State: A Military and Foreign Trade Necessity.The International Mix of Armaments in the Build-up Phase of the Bundeswehr 1953-1958 -- DEBATES WITHIN THE BUNDESWEHR ABOUT ORGANIZATION AND DOCTRINE -- The Battle Over "Innere Fuehrung" -- The Service Staff s' Struggle over Structure. The Bundeswehr's Internal Debates on Adopting NATO Doctrine 1950-1963 -- THE OTHER GERMANY. CREATING THE DDR'S ARMED FORCES -- Failure to Command: The Political Underpinnings of the Failure of the Nationale Volksarmee as a Social Institution -- Rearming Germany: An Essay on Books and Sources -- Index. |
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