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4· Count Baudissin and an Army without Pathos

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Abbreviations xi
  5. Foreword xv
  6. Acknowledgments xix
  7. Introduction 3
  8. PART ONE: THE NEW ARMY AND THE PAST
  9. 1. The Maintenance of Tradition and the Burden of the Past 11
  10. 2. The "Magna Carta" of the Bundeswehr: Tradition and Reform 47
  11. 3. The European Army and the Dienststelle Blank·. Problems and Personalities 64
  12. 4· Count Baudissin and an Army without Pathos 88
  13. 5. The Meeting at Siegburg and the Discipline Genemle-. "What Should Be Handed Down?" 105
  14. 6. The Bundestag Security Committee Takes Up the Issue 121
  15. 7. The Personnel Screening Boards: The Twentieth of July 1944 136
  16. 8. Count Baudissin's Answer: The First Courses at Sonthofen, Cologne, and Koblenz 148
  17. PART TWO: THE DECREE ON TRADITION
  18. 9. "Inner Strangulation": The Troops and the Reforms 165
  19. ίο. Death's Head and St. Hubertus Cross: Unit Lineage and Honors 175
  20. 11. Early Drafts of the Decree: The Role of Theodor Heuss and the Council on Innere Fuhrung 185
  21. 12. The Search for Franz-Josef Strauss's Image of History 194
  22. 13. Colonel Wagemann Completes the Decree 202
  23. 14. "What Is a Valid Heritage?" First Reactions to the Decree 213
  24. PART THREE: A NEW GENERATION SEEKS ITS VALID HERITAGE
  25. 15. Transition and Open Conflict, 1966-1972 227
  26. 16. The Fate of the Traditions Decree and the Rise and Fall of Its Successors, 1976-1986 256
  27. 17 Conclusion: AValid Heritage 290
  28. Bibliography 299
  29. Index 311
Reforging the Iron Cross
This chapter is in the book Reforging the Iron Cross
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400859771.88

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Abbreviations xi
  5. Foreword xv
  6. Acknowledgments xix
  7. Introduction 3
  8. PART ONE: THE NEW ARMY AND THE PAST
  9. 1. The Maintenance of Tradition and the Burden of the Past 11
  10. 2. The "Magna Carta" of the Bundeswehr: Tradition and Reform 47
  11. 3. The European Army and the Dienststelle Blank·. Problems and Personalities 64
  12. 4· Count Baudissin and an Army without Pathos 88
  13. 5. The Meeting at Siegburg and the Discipline Genemle-. "What Should Be Handed Down?" 105
  14. 6. The Bundestag Security Committee Takes Up the Issue 121
  15. 7. The Personnel Screening Boards: The Twentieth of July 1944 136
  16. 8. Count Baudissin's Answer: The First Courses at Sonthofen, Cologne, and Koblenz 148
  17. PART TWO: THE DECREE ON TRADITION
  18. 9. "Inner Strangulation": The Troops and the Reforms 165
  19. ίο. Death's Head and St. Hubertus Cross: Unit Lineage and Honors 175
  20. 11. Early Drafts of the Decree: The Role of Theodor Heuss and the Council on Innere Fuhrung 185
  21. 12. The Search for Franz-Josef Strauss's Image of History 194
  22. 13. Colonel Wagemann Completes the Decree 202
  23. 14. "What Is a Valid Heritage?" First Reactions to the Decree 213
  24. PART THREE: A NEW GENERATION SEEKS ITS VALID HERITAGE
  25. 15. Transition and Open Conflict, 1966-1972 227
  26. 16. The Fate of the Traditions Decree and the Rise and Fall of Its Successors, 1976-1986 256
  27. 17 Conclusion: AValid Heritage 290
  28. Bibliography 299
  29. Index 311
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