1st Edition

Defense and Détente U.S. and West German Perspectives On Defense Policy

By Joseph I Coffey, Klaus von Schubert Copyright 1989
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the different approaches to the policy of "Defense and Detente" between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany. The chapters identify the international and domestic factors that have driven American and West German security policy and review how foreign and defense policies and programs have changed over the Post-War period. Finally, the authors make policy... Read more

Introduction

1. Factors Influencing Security Policy 

2. The U.S. Adaptation to the Post-War World

3. The FRG's Adaptation to the Post-War World

4. Deterrence and Defense

5. Burden-Bearing and Burden-Sharing

7. Alliance Roles and Responsibilities -- Détente and Security

8. The United States and the FRG: Differences, Commonalities, Choices -

9. Defense and Détente: The Path Before Us

Biography

Joseph I. Coffey

Klaus von Schubert