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The intense rivalry in battleship building that took place between
Britain and Germany in the run up to the First World War is seen by
many as the most totemic of all armaments races. Blamed by numerous
commentators during the inter-war years as a major cause of the
Great War, it has become emblematic of all that is wrong with
international competitions in military strength. Yet, despite this
notoriety, 'the Great Naval Race' has not received the attention
that this elevated status would merit and it has never been
examined from the viewpoint of both of its participants
simultaneously and equally. This volume, which contains a
comprehensive survey of the existing scholarship on this topic,
both English-language and German, as well as important primary
source materials from a range of archives in both Britain and
Germany, fills this gap. By putting the actions of the British
Admiralty side-by-side with those of its German counterparts, it
enables the naval race to be viewed comparatively and thereby
facilitates an understanding of how the two parties to this
conflict interacted. By offering a comprehensive range of German
documents in both their original text and in English translation,
the book makes the German role in this conflict accessible to an
English speaking audience for the first time. As such, it is an
essential volume for any serious student of naval policy in the
pre-First World War era.
The intense rivalry in battleship building that took place between
Britain and Germany in the run up to the First World War is seen by
many as the most totemic of all armaments races. Blamed by numerous
commentators during the inter-war years as a major cause of the
Great War, it has become emblematic of all that is wrong with
international competitions in military strength. Yet, despite this
notoriety, 'the Great Naval Race' has not received the attention
that this elevated status would merit and it has never been
examined from the viewpoint of both of its participants
simultaneously and equally. This volume, which contains a
comprehensive survey of the existing scholarship on this topic,
both English-language and German, as well as important primary
source materials from a range of archives in both Britain and
Germany, fills this gap. By putting the actions of the British
Admiralty side-by-side with those of its German counterparts, it
enables the naval race to be viewed comparatively and thereby
facilitates an understanding of how the two parties to this
conflict interacted. By offering a comprehensive range of German
documents in both their original text and in English translation,
the book makes the German role in this conflict accessible to an
English speaking audience for the first time. As such, it is an
essential volume for any serious student of naval policy in the
pre-First World War era.
Im Jahre 2005 konnte die Bundeswehr auf eine 50-jahrige Geschichte
zuruckblicken. Diese Geschichte ist uberaus facettenreich. Der
Stellenwert, den die Bundeswehr fur die Aussen- und
Sicherheitspolitik der Bundesrepublik gewann, gehort ebenso dazu
wie der Wandel des Soldatenbildes, die Position der Streitkrafte in
der Gesellschaft und der medienvermittelten offentlichen
Wahrnehmung oder auch das Ringen der Teilstreitkrafte um eine
aufgabengerechte Ausstattung. Gleichzeitig reicht diese Geschichte
bis an die unmittelbare Gegenwart heran und verlangt so nicht nur
den Beitrag des Historikers, sondern auch den des heute
Verantwortlichen."
Das Projekt untersucht zunachst das bei Aufstellungsbeginn der
Bundeswehr konzipierte Bild des Staatsburgers in Uniform. Frank
Nagler stellt hierbei konkurrierende Lesarten dieses Leitbildes vor
und betrachtet sodann dessen Auspragungen, wie sie in den
einschlagigen Gesetzen, Vorschriften und Publikationen ihren
Niederschlag gefunden haben. Schliesslich wendet sich die Studie
der bis 1964 vorgenommenen Aufstellung zu. Analysiert werden dabei
die Folgen, welche die Rekrutierung und die damit einhergehenden
Krisen fur das Binnengefuge der Streitkrafte und fur das Leitbild
des Staatsburgers in Uniform gehabt haben."
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