| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 285 pages) |
| Series |
History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; v. 64 |
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History of warfare ; v. 64.
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| Contents |
The beginning of rearmament -- The Himmerod memorandum and the beginning of West German security policy / Thomas Vogel -- Adenauer, Amt Blank, and the founding of the Bundeswehr, 1950-1956 / James S. Corum -- The debate within German society -- A reasonable "Yes" : the Social Democrats and West German rearmament, 1945-1956 / Adam Seipp -- The Allied powers and the creation of a new German armed forces -- Reviving Germany : the Schuman plan / Jonathan M. House -- American assistance to the new German Army and Luftwaffe / James S. Corum -- Establishing the Bundesmarine : the convergence of central planning and pre-existing maritime organizations, 1950-1956 / Douglas Carl Peifer -- The economics of German rearmament -- German industry, the Cold War, and the Bundeswehr / Oliver Haller -- Reasons of state : a military and foreign trade necessity : the international mix of armaments in the build-up phase of the Bundeswehr, 1953-1958 / Dieter H. Kollmer -- Debates within the Bundeswehr about organization and doctrine -- The battle over "Innere Fuehrung" / Klaus Naumann -- The service staffs' struggle over structure : the Bundeswehr's internal debates on adopting NATO doctrine, 1950-1963 / Martin Rink -- 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 / Dan Jordan |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
National security -- Germany (West) -- History
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National security -- Germany (East) -- History
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Cold War.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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Armed Forces
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Military policy
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Military readiness
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National security
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| SUBJECT |
Germany (West) -- Military policy
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Germany (West) -- Defenses -- History
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Germany (West) -- Armed Forces -- History
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Germany (East) -- Military policy
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Germany (East) -- Defenses -- History
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Germany (East) -- Armed Forces -- History
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Germany -- History, Military -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054604
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| Subject |
Germany
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Germany (East)
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Germany (West)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Corum, James S
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| ISBN |
9789004203204 |
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9004203206 |
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1283121042 |
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9781283121040 |
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