Germany, pacifism and peace enforcement [[electronic resource] /] / Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen, editor

• Autore: Dalgaard-Nielsen Anja
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (197 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.43; 355.033543
• Soggetto topico: National security - Germany; Security, International
• Soggetto geografico: Germany Military policy; Germany Defenses
• Soggetto non controllato: German Bundestag; Germany; Iraq War; ethnic wars; international crises; large-scale terrorism; military crisis management; pre-emptive strikes; strategic culture; war in Afghanistan
• Altri autori: Dalgaard-NielsenAnja
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Research design and historical background -- pt. II. A military role for Germany in international crisis management? -- pt. III. The Bundeswehr : willing and able?.
• Sommario/riassunto: Germany, pacifism and peace enforcement is about the transformation of Germany's security and defence policy in the time between the 1991 Gulf War and the 2003 war against Iraq. The book traces and explains the reaction of Europe's biggest and potentially most powerful country to the ethnic wars of the 1990's, the emergence of large-scale terrorism, and the new US emphasis on pre-emptive strikes. Based on an analysis of Germany's strategic culture it portrays Germany as a security actor and indicates the conditions and limits of the new German willingness to participate in international military
• Titolo autorizzato: Germany, pacifism and peace enforcement
• ISBN: 1-84779-641-9; 1-78170-138-5; 1-84779-212-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791947603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Europe in Change