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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145017103321

Autore

Longhurst Kerry Anne

Titolo

Germany and the use of force / / Kerry Longhurst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2004

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2018]

©2005

ISBN

9786610719594

9780719067099

071906709X

9781526137401

1526137402

9781781700570

1781700575

9781280719592

1280719591

9781847791023

1847791026

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 183 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Issues in German politics

Disciplina

355.033043

Soggetti

National security - Germany

Germany Politics and government 1990-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

The first major English language study of German security after the Iraq war, this book offers a unique analysis of the evolution of



contemporary German perspectives on the use of force.