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BL
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1043750
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b798120
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Zilian, Frederick,1948-
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| Title & Author
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From confrontation to cooperation : : the takeover of the National People's (East German) Army by the Bundeswehr /\ Frederick Zilian, Jr. ; foreword by Werner von Scheven.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn :: Praeger,, ©1999.
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| Series Statement
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Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought
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1 online resource (xx, 229 pages)
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| ISBN
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0313070067
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: 9780313070068
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0275965465
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9780275965464
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index.
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| Contents
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Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Amalgamation Case Studies and Theory; 2. The Political Setting; 3. The Military Setting; 4. Organization and Political Control; 5. Management and Force Structure Decisions; 6. Personnel Decisions; 7. Training and Education Decisions; 8. Equipment and Facilities Decisions; 9. The Takeover and the "New Tasks" of the Bundeswehr; 10. Conclusion; Appendix A: Key Figures in the Takeover; Appendix B: Army Structure 5; Appendix C: Peacetime Organization of the German Army (in 1994); Selected Bibliography; Index.
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At midnight on October 2, 1990, the West German armed forces took over the approximately 90,000 men comprising the National People's (East German) Army (NVA) and assumed control of its substantial arsenal. This study is an analysis of that unification from its beginning in July 1990 to the end of summer of 1993 when all applications for future service of former NVA officers and non-commissioned officers had been processed. Using numerous un-published sources and interviews, the author addresses the following areas: the organization used by the Bundeswehr and the political control exerted in th.
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Germany (East).-- Demobilization.
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Germany (East).
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Armed Forces-- Demobilization.
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Armed Forces-- Reorganization.
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HISTORY-- Military-- Biological Chemical Warfare.
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Duitse hereniging.
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Krijgsmacht.
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Germany, Armed Forces, Reorganization.
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Germany, History, Unification, 1990.
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Germany.
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355.3/09431
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UA719.3.Z55 1999eb
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