The British Army of the Rhine : Turning Nazi Enemies into Cold War Partners /

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Between 1945 and 1957, West Germany made a dizzying pivot from Nazi bastion to Britain's Cold War ally against the Soviet Union. Successive London governments, though often faced with bitter public and military opposition, tasked the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) to serve as a protecting for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Speiser, Peter, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Army. > British Army of the Rhine.
Diplomatic relations.
British.
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
Britanniques > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
British > Germany > History > 20th century.
Great Britain.
Germany (West)
Germany.
Allemagne (Ouest) > Relations exterieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations exterieures > Allemagne (Ouest)
Allemagne > Histoire > 1945-1990.
Germany (West) > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Germany (West)
Germany > History > 1945-1990.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Britain, the Cold War, and the BAOR : policy makers, strategy, and organization
  • The British : the influence of public opinion on the armed forces
  • The Germans : complaints, criticism, and demands?
  • The soldiers, the airmen, and the Germans : military strategies to improve relations with the German population
  • "How the army of a democratic nation should behave" : the British administration and the BAOR
  • Conclusion.

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