Bundeswehr

This thesis seeks to understand the developments in Germany’s foreign and security policy since the end of the Cold War. Primarily, this thesis will centre on the question of whether Germany can now, after being re-unified for more than 20 years, be considered a normal actor in …

A decade after World War II, the Federal Republic of Germany created a new military meant only to defend the nation's borders. The new force, called the Bundeswehr, prepared young men to fight against a possible invasion by the Soviet Union. But when the Soviet Union crumbled at…