The Politics of German Defence and Security : : Policy Leadership and Military Reform in the post-Cold War Era / / Tom Dyson.

The post-Cold War era has witnessed a dramatic transformation in the German political consensus about the legitimacy of the use of force. However, in comparison with its EU and NATO partners, Germany has been reticent to transform its military to meet the challenges of the contemporary security envi...

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Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (230 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgements
  • Figures and Tables
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1 Explaining the Paradox of German Defence Policy: 1990–2005
  • Chapter 2 The Bundeswehr in its Historical and Structural Context: The Scope for Policy Leadership
  • Chapter 3 Policy Leadership and Bundeswehr Reform during the Kohl Chancellorships: The Art of Varying and Sequencing Roles
  • Chapter 4 Policy Leadership on Bundeswehr Reform during the First Schröder Chancellorship 1998–2002: Managing ‘Government by Commission’
  • Chapter 5 Bundeswehr Reform during the Second Schröder Chancellorship 2002–05: The Art of Combining Leadership Roles
  • Chapter 6 Military Reform, NATO, and The European Security and Defence Policy: Between Atlanticisation and Europeanisation
  • Chapter 7 A Laggard in Military Reform: The Arts of Policy Leadership and the Triumph of Domestic Constraints over International Opportunity
  • Bibliography
  • Index