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BUNDESWEHR
IN
TRANSITION:
GERMANY
SLOWLY
TRANSFORMS
ITS
COLD
WAR
DEFENSE
FORCE
INTO
MODERN
EXPEDITONARY
MILITARY
by
Brian
Sakin
Sumers
A
Thesis
Presented
to
the
FACULTY
OF
THE
USC
GRADUATE
SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY
OF
SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
In
Partial
Fulfillment
of
the
Requirements
for
the
Degree
MASTER
OF
ARTS
(SPECIALIZED
JOURNALISM)
December
2011
Copyright
2011
Brian
Sakin
Sumers
Object Description
| Title | Bundeswehr in transition: Germany slowly transforms its cold war defense force into modern expeditionary military |
| Author | Sumers, Brian Sakin |
| Author email | brian.sumers@gmail.com;brian.sumers@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Specialized Journalism |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-09-13 |
| Date submitted | 2011-09-13 |
| Date approved | 2011-09-14 |
| Restricted until | 2011-09-14 |
| Date published | 2011-09-14 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Parks, Michael |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Reeves, Richard Lord, M.G. |
| Abstract | A decade after World War II, the Federal Republic of Germany created a new military meant only to defend the nation’s borders. The new force, called the Bundeswehr, prepared young men to fight against a possible invasion by the Soviet Union. But when the Soviet Union crumbled at the end of the 20th century, Germany was left with an antiquated military prepared for an enemy that no longer exists. In the two decades since, Germany has sought to reform its military, so it could deploy throughout the world like the American, French, and British forces. But the process has not been easy. Despite providing the third-largest force in NATO’s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, the Bundeswehr continues to lag behind other powerful countries in the number of troops it can send abroad. Experts say this may not change much in the coming years because politicians remain wary of deploying troops outside of Germany’s borders. |
| Keyword | Germany; military; cold war; Bundeswehr |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Sumers, Brian Sakin |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume71/etd-SumersBria-281.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
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| Full text | BUNDESWEHR IN TRANSITION: GERMANY SLOWLY TRANSFORMS ITS COLD WAR DEFENSE FORCE INTO MODERN EXPEDITONARY MILITARY by Brian Sakin Sumers A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM) December 2011 Copyright 2011 Brian Sakin Sumers |
