Reforging the Iron Cross: The Search for Tradition in the West German Armed Forces

Author:   Donald Abenheim
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   3609
ISBN:  

9780691631950


Pages:   340
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Donald Abenheim
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   3609
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9780691631950


ISBN 10:   0691631956
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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"*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Illustrations, pg. ix*Abbreviations, pg. xi*Foreword, pg. xv*Acknowledgments, pg. xix*Introduction, pg. 3*1. The Maintenance of Tradition and the Burden of the Past, pg. 11*2. The ""Magna Carta"" of the Bundeswehr: Tradition and Reform, pg. 47*3. The European Army and the Dienststelle Blank*. Problems and Personalities, pg. 64*4* Count Baudissin and an Army without Pathos, pg. 88*5. The Meeting at Siegburg and the Discipline Genemle-. ""What Should Be Handed Down?"", pg. 105*6. The Bundestag Security Committee Takes Up the Issue, pg. 121*7. The Personnel Screening Boards: The Twentieth of July 1944, pg. 136*8. Count Baudissin's Answer: The First Courses at Sonthofen, Cologne, and Koblenz, pg. 148*9. ""Inner Strangulation"": The Troops and the Reforms, pg. 165* omicron. Death's Head and St. Hubertus Cross: Unit Lineage and Honors, pg. 175*11. Early Drafts of the Decree: The Role of Theodor Heuss and the Council on Innere Fuhrung, pg. 185*12. The Search for Franz-Josef Strauss's Image of History, pg. 194*13. Colonel Wagemann Completes the Decree, pg. 202*14. ""What Is a Valid Heritage?"" First Reactions to the Decree, pg. 213*15. Transition and Open Conflict, 1966-1972, pg. 227*16. The Fate of the Traditions Decree and the Rise and Fall of Its Successors, 1976-1986, pg. 256*17 Conclusion: AValid Heritage, pg. 290*Bibliography, pg. 299*Index, pg. 311"

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