Rearming Germany / editor, James S. Corum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corum, James S.

Series:

History of warfare ; v. 64.

History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; v. 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--Germany (West)--History.

National security.

National security--Germany (East)--History.

Cold War.

Germany (West)--Military policy.

Germany (West).

Germany (West)--Defenses--History.

Germany (West)--Armed Forces--History.

Germany (East)--Military policy.

Germany (East).

Germany (East)--Defenses--History.

Germany (East)--Armed Forces--History.

Germany--History, Military--20th century.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 285 pages)

Other Title:

Re-arming Germany

Place of Publication:

Leiden , The Netherlands : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is intended to serve as an advanced course text for students studying the Cold War. The rearmament of both Germanies in the late 1940's-early 1950's was one of the defining moments of the Cold War. The question of rearming Germany became one of the most difficult questions faced by the Western Allies after World War II. Inside West Germany there was also a considerable debate as to whether Germany ought to rearm at all. Once the decision to rearm was made, the Germans and Western Allies ran into all the practical problems of deciding whether Germany would join NATO, what role the Germans would play in the Alliance, how Germany would be armed and the form the armed forces would play in German society. A team of expert authors have examined all of these core questions in detail. An analysis of the origins of reamament in East Germany is also provided. With this book a reader will gain a thorough understanding of the complex issues that faced the West from 1945-1957. Contributors are Jonathan House, Douglas Peifer, Martin Rink, Daniel Jordan, Adam Seipp, Thomas Vogel, Klaus Naumann, Dieter Kollmer and Oliver Haller.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-12104-2

9786613121042

90-04-20320-6

OCLC:

727944905