Strategic Cultural Change and the Challenge for Security Policy - Germany and the Bundeswehr''s Deployment to Afghanistan

Informationen zum Autor Carolin Hilpert is a security and defence analyst for a medium-sized company in the defence sector, Germany. She holds a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Franklin College, Switzerland, and a Master's degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH). She wrote her PhD at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich. Klappentext For more than a decade, international troops have been deployed to Afghanistan. Out of all NATO members, this mission was the most difficult for Germany that had thus far never engaged in combat and offensive military activities. This book analyses how Germany's experiences in Afghanistan have changed the country's strategic culture. Zusammenfassung For more than a decade! international troops have been deployed to Afghanistan. Out of all NATO members! this mission was the most difficult for Germany that had thus far never engaged in combat and offensive military activities. This book analyses how Germany's experiences in Afghanistan have changed the country's strategic culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. On the Cultural Foundations of Warfare 2. Setting the Scene: The US War on Terrorism 3. Alliance Solidarity after 9-11 4. Escalation in Afghanistan 5. The Stabilization Narrative Explodes 6. German Ways of Counterinsurgency 7. Afghanistan's Legacy? Conclusion

List of contents

Introduction 1. On the Cultural Foundations of Warfare 2. Setting the Scene: The US War on Terrorism 3. Alliance Solidarity after 9-11 4. Escalation in Afghanistan 5. The Stabilization Narrative Explodes 6. German Ways of Counterinsurgency 7. Afghanistan's Legacy? Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: C Hilpert, C. Hilpert, Carolin Hilpert
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.05.2014
• EAN: 9781137383785
• ISBN: 978-1-137-38378-5
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: New Security Challenges; New Security Challenges
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Peace, Sociology, Conflict Studies, Political Science, Political Sociology, International Relations, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Political science & theory, Palgrave Intern. Relations & Development Collection, Politics and war, Military and Defence Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Bundeswehr;Germany;insurgency;NATO;Policy;terrorism