Historisch-kritische, vergleichende Betrachtung zum Traditionsverständnis in der Bundeswehr und in der Nationalen Volksarmee der DDR.:Autorenbeiträge: - Winfried Heinemann, Traditionen der Bundeswehr. - Paul Heider, NVA und Tradition - eine historisch-kritische Betrachtung.

Auflistung und Analyse wissenschaftlicher und friedenspolitischer Veranstaltungen im Rahmen des deutsch-deutschen sicherheitspolitischen Dialogs 1987 bis 1990 zwischen der DDR und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland unter Einbeziehung von Militärs beider Seiten.:- Vorbemerkung. - Ausgangssituation und Rahmenbedingungen. - Wissenschaftliche Dialogveranstaltungen - 1987 bis Ende 1989. - Friedenspolitische Dialogveranstaltungen bis Ende 1989. - Intensivierung des Dialogs im ersten Halbjahr 1990. - Dialog mit verändertem Vorzeichen im zweiten Halbjahr 1990. - Ergebnisse und Erfahrungen. Abkürzungsverzeichnis.

Beide Autoren beschäftigen sich in ihren Aufsätzen mit historischen Erfahrungen und aktuellen Lehren des 1. Weltkriegs. Während sich Detlef Bald insbesondere mit Auffassungen bürgerlicher Historiker zu den Ursachen des 1. Weltkriegs auseinandersetzt, beschäftigt sich Wilfried Schreiber mit Veränderungen in Ökonomie und Politik der Gegenwart und begründet, warum der klassische Krieg kein praktikables Mittel der Politik mehr sein kann.:- Detlef Bald, Die deutsche Katastrophe - 1914. Zu einer langen Kontinuität der Geschichte. - Wilfried Schreiber, Bundeswehr und 'neue' deutsche Außenpolitik.

Du réarmement de l’Allemagne fédérale en 1955 jusqu’aux nouvelles missions actuelles à l’étranger mandatées par une organisation internationale et au nom de la défense des droits de l’homme, la Bundeswehr a accompli une évolution singulière, différente des armées des autres nations. Créée de toutes pièces, après la défaite de la 2e guerre mondiale, selon une conception tout opposée à la Wehrmacht et sous la contrainte qu’imposait la Guerre froide, elle s’est ensuite adaptée au gré des menaces et des détentes, mais sans jamais avoir d’autres missions que celle pour laquelle elle a été conçue : défendre l’Europe au sein de l’Alliance atlantique contre l’expansionnisme communiste. La RFA a cherché à se positionner parmi les nations non-nucléaires de l’OTAN et tout en tentant de participer la décision en matière nucléaire. Elle a cherché à faire valoir ses intérêts à travers l’influence que les gouvernements et les chanceliers de tous bords se succédant ont pu exercer sur les deux puissances à l’Est et à l’Ouest, mais aussi à travers l’engagement résolu pour la construction européenne, en concert avec la France. Elle a fait de même par les positions que ses ministres de la Défense et ses représentants civils et militaires ont occupées au sein de l’OTAN. Cette remarquable continuité a abouti à la chute du mur de Berlin et à la fin du monde bipolaire. La Bundeswehr a dû en conséquence à l’instar de son organisme de tutelle, l’Alliance atlantique, se redéfinir et prendre des responsabilités plus importantes dans les conflits européens et mondiaux, sans pour autant abandonner sa doctrine initiale liée à la « Loi fondamentale ». / From the rearmament of Western Germany in 1955 to the today « new missions » under UN mandate and on behalf of the protection of human rights, the “Bundeswehr”, i.e. the German Armed Forces, has been evolving in quite a different way from the other nations. As a matter of fact, the Bundeswehr was set up from scratch after the World War 2 defeat as an armed force based on a conception opposite of the previous Wehrmacht and under the constraints of the Cold War. It then tried to adapt to the various threats and policies of détente but without diverging from its fundamental mission: the defence of the European territory against communist expansion. At that time, Western Germany tried to find its place among the NATO non nuclear States while participating in the nuclear decision making process. It also pushed forward its national interests through the particular influence of its governments and prime ministers on both western and eastern nations and helped promote the EU construction in cooperation with France. It conducted the same policy within NATO. This remarkable political continuity led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the bipolar world. From that moment on, the Bundeswehr had, just as NATO, to redefine and accept wider responsibilities in European and world conflicts while maintaining its original political doctrine enshrined in its Fundamental Law.

Ziel dieser Arbeit war es zu erforschen, ob mittels einer strukturierten Anamnese und einer intensiven manueller Untersuchung ein Weg zur Prävention von Rückenschmerzen und einer möglicherweise daraus resultierenden Berufskrankheit zu finden ist. Je 20 männliche Hubschrauberpiloten und Bordmechaniker des Transporthubschrauberregimentes 30 im Alter von 25-50 Jahren bildeten die Untersuchungsgruppen. Sie alle sind Teil der Besatzungen auf der Bell UH-1D, einem seit 1965 in der Bundeswehr ein-geführtem Hubschrauber mit einem Triebwerk und 2 Rotorblättern, wodurch sehr starke und niederfrequente Vibrationen erzeugt werden. Grundlagen der Untersuchungen waren ein validierter und standardisierter Erhebungsbogen, eine umfassende manuelle Untersuchungstechnik sowie eine genaue Kenntnis der Arbeitsplätze von und Anforderungen an Hubschrauberbesatzungen des Heeres auf Bell UH-1D. Die Untersuchungen erfolgten jeweils ohne Kenntnis der Anamnese nach den vorgegebenen Schritten des Untersuchungsbogens / Diagnostics and prevention of back pain in German Bundeswehr helicopter aircrews on Bell UH1D; differentiation and prevention of back pain and potential occupational diseases; An attempt to verify and evaluate back pain with manual diagnostic (chirodiagnostics and chirotherapy)and structured medical history in order to prevent pain and occupational diseases.

Zugl.: Kiel, Univ., Diss., 2005

In 1955, barely ten years after the end of the most devastating war in Modern German history, a new German military was established in the Federal Republic, the Bundeswehr. In order properly fill the ranks of this new military the government, under the leadership of Konrad Adenauer, believed that it would have to draft men from the West German population into military service. For the government in Bonn conscription was a double-edged sword, it would not only ensure that the Bundeswehr would receive the required number of recruits but it was also believed that conscription would guarantee that the Bundeswehr would be more democratic and therefore in tune with the policies of the new West German state. What this study seeks to explore is what the West German population thought of conscription. It will investigate who was for or against the draft and seek to determine the various socioeconomic factors that contributed to these decisions. Furthermore this study will examine the effect that the public opinion had on federal policy.

This diploma thesis deals with German security and foreign policy in the period from its reunification in 1990 until now and focuses on deployment of German soldiers abroad. The aim of this thesis is to analyse eleven most important cases, in which Germany decided to support military missions abroad and to find out if in the decision making process were prevailing normatively guided factors corresponding with concepts of multilateralism, civilian power and antimilitarism or pragmatic guided factors regarding rather economical, geopolitical or other interests. The chosen cases are analysed using single-case studies and sorted into three subchapters following the terms of office of German chancellors. The results of these analyses are presented in the form of a table.

The diploma thesis deals with deployment of German army within ISAF strategy in Afghanistan. The deployment of military forces is one of the most discussed queries in German politics and among German public. The thesis analyses the development in Afghanistan from 2001 to September 2013. The thesis is divided into three parts. Firstly, I define the theory of role and the concept of civil power, which is one of approaches for analysis of foreign policy. I define some criteria and according to them I examine, if Germany behaves in Afghanistan as civil power, for which is it considered. In the following part I deal with the development in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2009. I analyse the beginning of OEF and ISAF operations, mandate's extensions, the reasons for deployment in Afghanistan and the development of the security situation in country. The main part of this thesis is the deployment of German army within new ISAF strategy in Afghanistan, which was declared by American president Barack Obama in 2009. The thesis focuses on the attitude of Germany to the most important events in this period, for example to the declaration of new ISAF strategy, to international conference on Afghanistan in London, to transition to afghan lead, to the leaving of the international troops and to support after the year...

Are drones revolutionary? Reading about military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or 'drones', one could be led to believe that drones are a revolutionary technology, set to fundamentally change warfare. Their fast proliferation, the association with Science Fiction, combined with the secrecy that surrounds drone use has led many to conclude that the 'Unmanned Revolution' is upon us. This thesis studies the Unmanned Revolution. It develops a framework based on the concept of the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' and applies it to the study of three countries' drone uses and integration into their armed forces. It furthermore explores the role that the designation as revolutionary has played for the integration and use of UAVs in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. It shows that drones have proven their worth in military operations and compares the three countries' experiences. This thesis' detailed assessment of how the different countries have adopted drones and what implication this adoption has had, makes it a work of reference, in particular with regard to the German and British case studies. Assessing five types of changes - operational, doctrinal, strategic, organisational, and social and societal - this thesis argues that the most fundamental, and possibly revolutionary, change caused by military drones is social, namely, the fundamentally changed experience of war by combatants. In addition, it highlights country-specific changes. It concludes that the designation of drones as revolutionary has had an important impact in one country, Germany, although in the opposite way than initially expected. Namely, the intense debate around UAVs has hindered drone procurement and doctrinal thinking. In the other two countries, the Unmanned Revolution narrative was less prevalent and hence less influential. As drones are proliferating globally, I hope my thesis can be of use to policy-makers, military decision-makers as well as researchers worldwide.