Germany and the use of force: the evolution of German security policy 1990-2003
| Titel: | Germany and the use of force: the evolution of German security policy 1990-2003 |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Manchester : Manchester Univ. Press, 2004 |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource, 192 S. |
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 0719067081 |
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Abstract: Mobilising the concept of strategic culture, this study develops a sophisticated and innovative framework to understand developments in German security policy between 1990 and 2003. Germany's contemporary security policies are characterised by a peculiar mix of continuity and change. From abstention in the first Gulf war, to early peacekeeping missions in Bosnia in the early 1990s and a full combat role in Kosovo in 1999, the pace of change in German security policy since the end of the Cold War has been breathtaking. The extent of this change has recently, however, been questioned, as seen most vividly in Berlin's response to '9/11' and its subsequent stalwart opposition to the US-led war on terrorism in Iraq in 2003. Beginning with a consideration of the notion of strategic culture, the study refines and adapts the concept to the case of Germany through a consideration of aspects of the rearmament of West Germany. The study then critically evaluates the transformation of the role |
