German Structural Pacifism

Cultural Trauma and German Security Policy since Reunification
2024
ISBN: 978-3-658-44089-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 317 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Research

German Structural Pacifism examines the influence of Germany’s lessons of the past on its security policy since reunification in an approach that is both novel and timely in the context of the Russia-Ukraine War. Germany’s lessons of the past provide contradictory “right ways” for Germany to overcome its authoritarian past and serve to legitimate political interests in security policy decision-making. Reconciling competing political interests and contradictory narratives results in a security policy that prioritizes “the right way” to do security policy is over its effectiveness.

Sönke Neitzel, Chair of Military History at the University of Potsdam

Hans-Peter Barthels, President of the German Society for Security Policy

 

Volker Wieker, Former Chief of Defense of the German Federal Armed Forces (2009-2018)

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Verbovszky, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- A Theory for German Security Policy.- Case Studies.- Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Joseph Verbovszky is a Research Fellow at the Defense AI Observatory at the Chair of Political Theory at the Helmut Schmidt University / University of the German Federal Armed Forces Hamburg.