HISTORY OF U.S. MILITARY FORCES IN GERMANY. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Nelson, Daniel J
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of Tables; Preface; INTRODUCTION: THE PROTRACTED AMERICAN MILITARY PRESENCE IN GERMANY; 1. MILITARY OCCUPATION, 1945-1949; The Chain of Command and Early Occupation Policy; Revisions of Occupation Policy, 1945-1947; The Policy of Nonfraternization; The Policy of Denazification; The Policy of Deindustrialization; Policies on Food and Housing; Reeducation and School Reforms; Reestablishment of the Media; Establishment of a German Government; The Legacy of the Occupation Period; 2. SEMI-SOVEREIGNTY, 1949-1955 Transition from Occupation to PartnershipThe Establishment of NATO; The Decision to Bring U.S. Troops to Europe; The Issue of German Rearmament; The Rise and Demise of the EDC Plan; German Entry into NATO; Relationships Between Germans and American Military Personnel; 3. CONSOLIDATION AND NORMALCY, 1955-1967; West Germany as Alliance Partner; The Security of West Berlin; Nuclear Weapons Issues; The Rise and Demise of the MLF Plan; The Offset Payments Issue; Troop Strength and the Mansfield Initiative; Effects of the Vietnam War; 4. DETERIORATION, 1967-1973; Congressional Decisions in 1967 The Acceptance of Dual-BasingDetente and the Total Force Policy; Genesis of the All Volunteer Force; The Shift in Strategic Doctrine; The Struggle over the Mansfield Initiative; The Struggle over Offset Payments; Declining Force Levels; The Effects of Vietnam in West Germany; Military Race Relations in the Early 1970s; Problems with Drugs, Crime, and Violence; Early German Perceptions of the AVF; 1973 -- Year of Crisis and Transition; Signs of Poverty and Ghettoization; Psychological Estrangement; 5. THE AVF, 1973-1985; Hopes for Renewal and Rehabilitation The Final Struggle over Offset PaymentsThe Final Struggle over the Mansfield Initiative; Changes in the Structure of U.S. Forces; Moving to North Germany: The Garlstedt Decision; New Initiatives at Garlstedt; Force Moves in South Germany: Wiesbaden and Ramstein; Nuclear Weapons and Armaments; Force Readiness and Nuclear Security; Changing Strategic Concepts: The Nunn-Bartlett Initiatives; Debates on Force Readiness and Strategy; The Stoessel ""Demarche; The Wartime Host Nation Support Treaty; Recent Developments in Strategy and Tactics:The Airland Battle Doctrine; The NATO Dual Decision 6. CONCLUSION: THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF A POLITICO-MILITARY RELATIONSHIPReferences -- English Language; References -- German Language; Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : ROUTLEDGE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume)
• Subjects: 355.033043; Armed Forces; Military relations; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; United States -- Armed Forces -- Germany (West); United States -- Military relations -- Germany (West); Germany (West) -- Military relations -- United States; Germany (West); United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429043512; 0429043511; 9780429701863; 0429701861; 9780429741883; 9780429721878; 0429721870
• Related ISBNs: 042974188X; 0367013657; 9780367013653
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