First published in 1986. Based on the theme that defense
procurement serves as an instrument of alliance and domestic
politics, this book provides the first comprehensive analysis of
post-war West German approaches to and experience with procurement
strategies. Dr. Cowen explores how successive German governments
have used military procurement to facilitate the rehabilitation of
the new West German state and later to consolidate the German
position within the alliance. The author shows that by the
mid-1970s the Federal Republic had succeeded in its procurement
policy, acting as a serious partner for defense projects in Europe
and building a flourishing defense industry. The book's final
chapters describe the structural tensions between competing
procurement objectives that have recently emerged. The FRG must
decide whether to continue to maintain a whole range of defense
industrial capacities or to specialize nationally and purchase
other necessary commodities in the United States. According to the
author, national specialization is not seriously considered by the
German government. Such a step, the author suggests, would diminish
Germany's role in the alliance and jeopardize one of its foremost
foreign policy goals: equality with Great Britain and France
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2021 |
First published: |
1987 |
Authors: |
Regina H E Cowen
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-01070-6 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-367-01070-4 |
Barcode: |
9780367010706 |
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