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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
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.
It is the author’s great merit to have defined the past 30 years of German security policy under the term Structural Pacifism. I find this conclusive.
Sönke Neitzel, Chair of Military History at the University of Potsdam
An accurate depiction of Germany’s systemic neglect of its armed forces since reunification, demonstrating why it is no surprise that our armed forces are naked. A follow up including the Zeitenwende would be very interesting.
Hans-Peter Barthels, President of the German Society for Security Policy
The book succinctly and accurately addresses the lack of an honest debate on the use of military force in the domain of German security policy, and explores its negative impact on military decision-making from political strategy all the way down to the tactical level.
Volker Wieker, Former Chief of Defense of the German Federal Armed Forces (2009-2018)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: German Structural Pacifism
Book Subtitle: Cultural Trauma and German Security Policy since Reunification
Authors: Joseph Verbovszky
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-44090-9
Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Social Science and Law (German Language)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-44089-3Published: 06 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-44090-9Published: 30 March 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 317
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Science