Strategic cultural change and the challenge for security policy : Germany and the bundeswehr's deployment to Afghanistan / Carolin Hilpert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hilpert, Carolin.

Series:

New security challenges series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Counterinsurgency.

Armed Forces.

Germany--Armed Forces--Afghanistan.

Germany.

Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan.

Afghanistan.

Physical Description:

xvii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Germany and the bundeswehr's deployment to Afghanistan

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England ; New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan Publishers, 2014.

Summary:

The military cultures, strategies and foreign policies of many nations have evolved since the events of 9/11. While Germany is seen as the most important lead nation in the current European debt crisis and in European economic matters, it is still often perceived as an unreliable and hesitant alliance partner in security affairs. However, the tremendous challenge of Afghanistan, most importantly the violent reality of the mission, has changed the Federal Republic's strategic culture, that is, the way it looks at the use of military force. This book analyzes this change in detail and explores and answers critical questions including: has the Federal Republic become a 'normal' power that does not shy away from fighting counterinsurgencies and using the military to advance and protect its interests? And how have the lessons learned in Afghanistan changed the strategic outlook and the armed forces of Germany? Book jacket.

Contents:

On the cultural foundations of warfare

Setting the scene: The US War on Terrorism

Alliance solidarity after 9/11

Escalation in Afghanistan

The stabilization narrative explodes

German ways of counterinsurgency

Afghanistan's legacy?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137383785

113738378X

OCLC:

872278914