Gis in Germany - The Social, Economic, Cultural, Political History of American

"The fifteen essays in this volume offer a comprehensive look at the role of American military forces in Germany. The American military forces in the Federal Republic of Germany after WWII played an important role not just in the NATO military alliance but also in German-American relations as a whole. Around twenty-two-million US servicemen and their dependants have been stationed in Germany since WWII, and their presence has contributed to one of the few successful American attempts at democratic nationbuilding in the twentieth century. In the social and cultural realm the GIs helped to Americanize Germany, and their own German experiences influenced the US civil rights movement and soldier radicalism. The US military presence also served as a bellwether for overall relations between the two countries"--

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• Authors: Jr Maulucci, Jr. Maulucci, Thomas W Maulucci Jr, Thomas W. Maulucci Jr
• Assisted by: Detlef Junker (Editor), Detlef (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg Junker (Editor), Junker Detlef (Editor), Jr Maulucci (Editor), Jr. Thomas W. Maulucci (Editor), Thomas W. Maulucci Jr (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2013
• EAN: 9780521851336
• ISBN: 978-0-521-85133-6
• No. of pages: 378
• Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / United States, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Land forces & warfare, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Land forces and warfare, HISTORY / Military / Land Forces