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Since the Cold War and beyond the Zeitenwende, Germany has increasingly come to rely on its navy as an instrument of foreign policy. The German Navy supports comprehensive maritime security and ocean governance, and its missions not only reflect its own evolution, but also change within Germany. This is a marked shift for the 'continental power' Germany and forms a substantial component of its much broader 'maritime turn' in the 21st century. Changes in strategic context, new security challenges and Germany's evolving international role after reunification have altered the perception of the navy's utility. Its share in the Bundeswehr's personnel has grown and the navy has seen proportionally...
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The Iron Curtain fell over a quarter of a century ago. With it fell also the relatively straightforward Western assumption that war was going to be a bi-polar, symmetrical affair, albeit one with nuclear overtones - an assumption around which the training and education of military officers had hitherto been built. The immediate post Cold War period showed officers wearing a blue, rather than a green helmet, negotiating with opponents whom they ought not to call enemies and keeping the peace in situations where there was no peace to keep. Added to this was the phenomenon of international terrorism, which manifested itself on the strategic, rather than merely the tactical level. Counter-insurg...
Special edition of the Federal Register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect ... with ancillaries.
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Seit den späten 1950er Jahren ist die Historisch-Taktische Tagung die Gelegenheit für Jung und Alt, über Tradition und Moderne, über bewahrendes und zu veränderndes zu sprechen und zu streiten. Aus bescheidenen Anfängen wuchs eine Großveranstaltung. Unter dem Motto von der Flotte für die Flotte war sie zunächst als Forum eines Gedankenaustausches nur für Offiziere der Flotte gedacht. Später öffnete sie sich für die ganze Marine, und inzwischen treffen sich zum traditionellen Termin Anfang Januar Marineoffiziere aus allen Bereichen der Bundeswehr im In- und Ausland. Seit sechzig HiTaTas haben sich weit mehr als 400 Referenten ihren Themen teilweise mit großem Erfolg gewidmet. De...
The book comes in three parts: "The Rising Sun in a Developing World", "Solar Power for the World" and "PV Today and Forever". It provides a historical summary and gives a comprehensive overview of the present photovoltaic (PV) situation worldwide and future strategies for development and implementation. The author is a world leader in PV and all renewable energies.The book is illustrated with about 100 pictures.