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- Title
Zur sozialen Herkunft deutscher Admirale und Luftwaffengenerale im Kalten Krieg: Eine sozialempirische Dokumentation zur deutsch-deutschen Militärgeschichte.
- Authors
Loch, Thorsten; Müller, Daniel F.; Naumann, André; Schulz, Stephanie
- Abstract
The present documentation examines the social background of German admirals and air force generals during the Cold War. The study is based on military personnel files and presents in charts, diagrams, and tables the social composition of top officers in East and West Germany between 1955 and 1990. It is emphasized that the German military should not be viewed solely from a social determinist perspective, but as a profession. The data also show differences in the denominational distribution among the branches of the Bundeswehr. The social background of the generals and admirals rather reflected political and societal ideas of order.
- Subjects
GERMANY (West); ADMIRALS; GERMAN military; GENERALS; MILITARY personnel; GERMANY. Luftwaffe; SOCIAL background; AIR forces; MILITARY history; DOCUMENTATION; GERMANY. Bundeswehr
- Publication
Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift, 2022, Vol 81, Issue 2, p486
- ISSN
2193-2336
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/mgzs-2022-0059