1st Edition

From Post-war To Post-wall Generations Changing Attitudes Towards The National Question And Nato In The Federal Republic Of Germany

By Joyce Marie Mushaben Copyright 1998
    434 Pages
    by Routledge

    434 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book is a study of four separate-but-related German Questions, as perceived, interpreted and answered by members of the postwar generations who constitute a majority of the citizens in the 'old states' of the now united Bundesre publik.

    0. Introduction: The Evolution of National-Security Consciousness in the Postwar German Federal Republic 1. The Problem of Generations: Identity-Formation and the New "Unencumberedness" 2. What Does it Mean to Be German? from Beethoven to Bitburg, From Demagogues to Democrats 3. Perceptions of the Other Germany: "Renunification Maybe, But I'd Hate to Take My Vacation There" 4. Partnership and its Discontents: Assessing the Federal Republic's Role in NATO 5. Successor Generations and Security Doctrine: "Deterrence, Yes, But Not in My Backyard" 6. Generational Differences and the Gender Gap: Identity and Security Consciousness Among West German Women 7. What it Means to Be Non-German: After Unity, the Deluge 8. Conclusion: From Two States in One Nation to One Volk in Two Cultures