Contents

pp v-vi

Acknowledgments

pp vii-x

List of Abbreviations

pp xi-xiv

Introduction

pp 1-14

Part I - Origins and Early Development, 1949–1956

pp 15-16

1 - The Shadow of Weimar Political Violence in the Making of West Germany’s BGS

pp 17-44

2 - Men of the First Hour: Veteran Soldiers and the Police Organization They Made

pp 45-72

3 - Who Wants to Be a Soldier? The BGS and West Germany’s New Army

pp 73-96

Part II - Organizational Culture, 1956–1980

pp 97-98

4 - Recruitment and Rebuilding the BGS

pp 99-122

5 - Militarization and Training for War

pp 123-149

6 - Professional Ethics and Moral Training

pp 150-174

7 - The Debate over Combatant Status and Its Consequences

pp 175-200

Part III - Modernization: Becoming a Federal Police Agency, 1968–2005

pp 201-202

8 - Bonn’s “Problem Child”: The Struggle to Modernize the BGS

pp 203-227

9 - From Munich to Mogadishu: Fighting Terrorism at Home and Abroad

pp 228-254

10 - More than Guarding Borders: From BGS to Bundespolizei

pp 255-284

Conclusion: Germany’s Police: A Model for Democratic Policing?

pp 285-292

Bibliography

pp 293-318

Index

pp 319-328