Army in Crisis - Social Conflict and the U.s. Army in Germany, 19681975

Informationen zum Autor Alexander Vazansky is an assistant professor of history at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.   Klappentext Alexander Vazansky is an assistant professor of history at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. ¿ Zusammenfassung Analyses the social crisis that developed among the US Army forces stationed in Germany between 1968 and 1975. This crisis was the result of shifting deployment patterns during the Vietnam War; changing social and political realities of life in postwar Europe; and racial tensions, drug use, dissent, and insubordination within the US Army itself. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction Part 1. Race Discrimination and Black Power in the U.S. Army, Europe1. Black GIs in Postwar Germany2. Growing Racial Tensions3. Failed Leadership Responses and Black Power4. The New Race Relations PoliciesPart 2. Political Protest and Antiwar Activism5. Resistance and Dissent in the U.S. Army6. The Situation in USAREUR, 1968–1975 Part 3. Between Punishment and Rehabilitation7. Drug Abuse Prevention in the U.S. Government8. Drug Abuse in USAREUR, 1970–19759. The German ResponseConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Vazansky
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781496215192
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-1519-2
• No. of pages: 348
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Deutschland, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Moderne Kriegsführung