Requiem for an Army - The Demise of the East German Military

Most Western models suggest that in the face of open threats to the military's core interests, the army would have fought to keep the status quo. Yet the military actually facilitated the introduction of a new democratic polity and in the process dug its own grave. Trained under a Russian-inspired system that minimized the role of the individual, this group was suddenly exposed to the radically different 'Innere Fuehrung' concept that lies at the heart of the Bundeswehr's ethos.

List of contents

Part 1 Part I: Background to Crisis Chapter 2 The NVA: The Key to the GDR's Soviet Policy Part 3 Part II: The End of the NVA Chapter 4 The Beginning of the End: Honecker Is Ousted Chapter 5 Krenz Picks Up the Pieces: The NVA Is Depoliticized Chapter 6 Modrow Tries to Salvage Socialism: The Military on the Verge of Collapse Chapter 7 The First Democratically Elected Government: Epplemann Crusades for Two German Armies Part 8 Part III: Integrating the NVA into the Bundeswehr Chapter 9 Integrating NVA Personnel into a Democratic Military: The Machinery Chapter 10 The NVA Professional: Making the Transition Chapter 11 Lessons from the NVA Chapter 12 Appendix 1: Key East German Military Leaders Chapter 13 Apendix 2: Questionnaire Answered by Former NVA Officers Chapter 14 Notes Chapter 15 Index

About the author

Dale R. Herspring is University Distinguished Professor at Kansas State University.

Product details

• Authors: Dale R. Herspring
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.1998
• EAN: 9780847687190
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8719-0
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 228 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Military tactics, Military and defence strategy, East Germany, Ddr