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Record Nr.

UNISA996207152303316

Autore

Longhurst Kerry Anne

Titolo

Germany and the use of force [[e-book] /] / Kerry Longhurst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-7190-6709-X

1-5261-3740-2

1-78170-057-5

1-280-71959-1

9786610719594

1-84779-102-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) : digital 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.