List of Abbreviations .viiIntroduction .ixTHE BEGINNING OF REARMAMENTThe Himmerod Memorandum and the Beginning of West German Security Policy // Thomas Vogel . 3Adenauer, Amt Blank, and the Founding of the Bundeswehr 1950-1956 // James S. Corum .29THE DEBATE WITHIN GERMAN SOCIETYA Reasonable "Yes": The Social Democrats and West German Rearmament, 1945-1956 // Adam Seipp .55THE ALLIED POWERS AND THE CREATION OF A NEW GERMAN ARMED FORCERSThe European Defense Community // Jonathan M. House .

73American Assistance to the New German Army and Luftwaffe // James S. Corum .93Establishing the Bundesmarine: The Convergence of Central Planning and Pre-existing Maritime Organizations, 1950-1956 // Douglas Carl Peifer .117THE ECONOMICS OF GERMAN REARMAMENTGerman Industry, the Cold War, and the Bundeswehr // Oliver Haller . 145Reasons of State: A Military and Foreign Trade Necessity. The International Mix of Armaments in the Build-up Phase of the Bundeswehr 1953-1958 // Dieter H. Kollmer . 177DEBATES WITHIN THE BUNDESWEHR ABOUT ORGANIZATION AND DOCTRINEThe Battle Over "Innere Fuehrung" // Klaus Naumann .

205The Service Staff s' Struggle over Structure. The Bundeswehr's Internal Debates on Adopting NATO Doctrine 1950-1963 // Martin Rink . 221THE OTHER GERMANY. CREATING THE DDR'S ARMED FORCESFailure to Command: Th e Political Underpinnings of the Failure of the Nationale Volksarmee as a Social Institution // Dan Jordan . 255Rearming Germany: An Essay on Books and Sources .273Index .281.