Format:
1 online resource (192 pages)
ISBN:
9781847791023
Series Statement:
Issues in German Politics Ser
Content:
While developments in the 1990s saw Germany move away from its rigidly prohibitive stance towards the use of force, Berlin's policy in the war on terrorism suggested that Germany may be retreating into a new form of self-imposed restraint. In this first major English language study of German security policy after Iraq, Kerry Longhurst considers the evolution of Germany's peculiar approach to the use of force after the Cold War through the conceptual prism of strategic culture. The timeliness of this volume brings with it fresh analysis of the origins and substance of Germany's strategic culture, which the author subsequently explores in a contemporary context against the background of the changing role of the Bundeswehr from 1990-2003. The book also provides unique and in-depth analysis of Germany's troubled efforts at defense sector reform in the 1990s and considers the complex politics surrounding conscription.
Content:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: the past as prologue -- 1 On strategic culture -- 2 Stunde Null and the 'construction' of West German strategic culture -- 3 Germany and the use of force I: adjusting to life after the Cold War -- 4 The momentum of change. Germany and the use of force II: from Afghanistan to Iraq -- 5 Redesigning the Bundeswehr? -- 6 The endurance of conscription -- 7 Conclusions: Germany, the use of force and the power of strategic culture -- Sources and bibliography -- Index.
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CONTENTS; Acknowledgements ; Introduction: the past as prologue; 1 On strategic culture; 2 Stunde Null and the 'construction' of West German strategic culture; 3 Germany and the use of force I: adjusting to life after the Cold War; 4 The momentum of change. Germany and the use of force II: from Afghanistan to Iraq; 5 Redesigning the Bundeswehr?; 6 The endurance of conscription; 7 Conclusions: Germany, the use of force and the power of strategic culture
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780719067082
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780719067082
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Longhurst, Kerry Anne Germany and the use of force Manchester [u.a.] : Manchester Univ. Press, 2004 ISBN 0719067081
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Deutschland
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Sicherheitspolitik
;
Geschichte 1990-2003
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Deutschland
;
Sicherheitspolitik
;
Geschichte 1990-2003
;
Hochschulschrift
