Strategic cultural change and the challenge for security policy : Germany and the Bundeswehr's deployment to Afghanistan

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Strategic cultural change and the challenge for security policy : Germany and the Bundeswehr's deployment to Afghanistan

Carolin Hilpert

(New security challenges series / series editor, Stuart Croft)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-249) and index

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Description

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.

Table 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

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