Militarization and Democracy in West Germany's Border Police, 1951-2005

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Militarization and Democracy in West Germany's Border Police, 1951-2005

Livingstone, Dr. David M.

Boydell & Brewer Ltd

03/2024

342

Dura

Inglês

9781640141513

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Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Origins and Early Development, 1949-1956
1. The Shadow of Weimar Political Violence in the Making of West Germany's BGS
2. Men of the First Hour: Veteran Soldiers and the Police Organization They Made
3. Who Wants to be a Soldier? The BGS and West Germany's New Army
Part II: Organizational Culture, 1956-1980
4. Recruitment and Rebuilding the BGS
5. Militarization and Training for War
6. Professional Ethics and Moral Training
7. The Debate Over Combatant Status and Its Consequences
Part III: Modernization: Becoming a Federal Police Agency, 1968-2005
8. Bonn's "Problem Child": The Struggle to Modernize the BGS
9. From Munich to Mogadishu: Fighting Terrorism at Home and Abroad
10. More than Guarding Borders: From BGS to Bundespolizei
Conclusion: Germany's Police: A Model for Democratic Policing?
Bibliography
Index
Weimar Republic; paramilitary; rearmament; civilian; communist; World War II; army; civil service; recruitment; discipline; Special Forces; torture; ethics; masculinity; combatants; Bundestag; counterterrorism; law enforecement