Militarization and Democracy in West Germany′s Border Police, 1951–2005: German History in Context

Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I: Origins and Early Development, 1949-1956 1: The Shadow of Weimar Political Violence in the Making of West Germany's BGS 2: Men of the First Hour: Veteran Soldiers and the Police Organization They Made 3: Who Wants to be a Soldier? The BGS and West Germany's New Army Part II: Organizational Culture, 1956-1980 4: Recruitment and Rebuilding the BGS 5: Militarization and Training for War 6: Professional Ethics and Moral Training 7: The Debate Over Combatant Status and Its Consequences Part III: Modernization: Becoming a Federal Police Agency, 1968-2005 8: Bonn's "Problem Child": The Struggle to Modernize the BGS 9: From Munich to Mogadishu: Fighting Terrorism at Home and Abroad 10: More than Guarding Borders: From BGS to Bundespolizei Conclusion: Germany's Police: A Model for Democratic Policing? Bibliography Index