GIs in Germany: The Social, Economic, Cultural and Political History of the American Military Presence

Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
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Part One Strategy and Politics
	1 Guarantors of Peace and Freedom
		Security in Germany
		Security for Germany
		Security for and against Germany
		“Little America” and the Germans
		Security with Germany
		Responsibility for Germany and Berlin
	2 Deterrence and Defense
		The Force Gap in Germany and Nuclear Defense
		The Dilemmas of Nuclear Defense: Damage Limitation and Credibility
		NATO Crisis and Strategy Reform
	3 The War That Was Never Fought
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	4 Why They Did Not Go Home
		The End of Isolationism? The 1951 “Troops to Europe” Decision
		The Europeans and America’s Nuclear Coattails
		The Debate on Troop Reduction in the Kennedy and Johnson Years
		Vietnam and Détente
		Nixon and the Troops: Administration vs. Congress
Part Two Military Communities
	5 U.S. Army Military Communities in Germany
		Military Communities and the American Presence in Germany
		The Functions of the Military Communities
		The Morale Function of Military Communities
		The Symbolic Function of the American Military Presence
		Military Communities and the Deescalation of Political Tensions
		The Organization of the Military Communities
		Postscript: A Vanishing Microcosm?
	6 German-American Relations at the Local Level
		The Objective of the U.S. Army: Willing Support of the German People
		Structuring the Relationship
		Secret Collaboration and Public Disavowal
		Interest Groups, Clubs, and Institutions
		The Impact of the German Sovereignty and the Local Economy
		The “Little America” Issue
	7 American Military Families in West Germany
Part Three Tensions between Neighbors
	8 Insolent Occupiers, Aggressive Protectors
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	9 Protection from the Protector
Part Four The German Armed Forces and the American Model
	10 The Godfathers of Innere Führung?
		Aid with Obstacles: The Path to Innere Führung
		American Prussians and German Westerners?
		The Wehrmacht and American Expectations
		A Sonderweg to the West
	11 From Befehlsausgabe to “Briefing”
		The Establishment of the New Luftwaffe
		Equipment and Training Assistance
		German Experiences in America
Part Five The 1970s and 1980s
	12 “Army in Anguish”
		Press Coverage
		Race Relations
		Drug Abuse
		General Davison Takes Over
	13 The U.S. Military and Dissenters in the Ranks
		The Sources of Discontent
		GIs as Workers
		Outbreaks of Violence
		Command Responses: Counter-Dissidence
		Command Responses: Antidrug Campaign
		Military Intelligence and Military Dissent
		Conclusion
		Appendix
	14 The U.S. Armed Forces and the Development of Anti-NATO Protest in West Germany, 1980-1989
	15 GIs under Siege
		A “German” Movement?
		German Nationalism and Anti-Americanism within the Peace Movement
		The Anti-Americanists and Their Critics
		Nonviolence and the GIs
		In Lieu of a Conclusion
	Appendix: Population Statistics for U.S. Military in Germany, 1945-2000
		Notes on the Table
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Index