GIs in Germany : the Social, Economic, Cultural and Political History of the American Military Presence /
The fifteen essays in this volume offer a comprehensive look at the role of American military forces in Germany. The American military forces in the Federal Republic of Germany after WWII played an important role not just in the NATO military alliance but also in German-American relations as a whole...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. : Cambridge :
German Historical Institute ; Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Publications of the German Historical Institute.
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| Summary: | The fifteen essays in this volume offer a comprehensive look at the role of American military forces in Germany. The American military forces in the Federal Republic of Germany after WWII played an important role not just in the NATO military alliance but also in German-American relations as a whole. Around twenty-two-million US servicemen and their dependants have been stationed in Germany since WWII, and their presence has contributed to one of the few successful American attempts at democratic nation building in the twentieth century. In the social and cultural realm the GIs helped to Americanize Germany, and their own German experiences influenced the US civil rights movement and soldier radicalism. The US military presence also served as a bellwether for overall relations between the two countries. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2013). EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America EBSCO eBook History Collection |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139020695 1139020692 9781316047934 1316047938 9780521851336 0521851335 |
