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Wiechmann

Sicherheit neu denken

Die christliche Friedensbewegung in der Nachrüstungsdebatte 1977-1984
Nomos,  2017, 465 Pages

ISBN 978-3-8487-3141-1


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The work is part of the series Historische Grundlagen der Moderne (Volume 16)
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englischChristian peace initiatives were without doubt one of the most important facets of the new peace movement, which had a decisive impact on the Federal Republic of Germany during the early eighties. This study highlights the societal causes and effects of the movement’s demonstrations with the aid of the analytical concept of ‘security’.

In this way, the author demonstrates that, by using an extended and demilitarised notion of security, Christian peace organisations were able to suggest numerous alternatives to the idea of the “spirit, logic and practice of deterrence”, which were often fundamentally different to the traditional approaches adopted by the Federal government and NATO. An analysis of these differences, which were mostly based on contrasting evaluations of nuclear weapons and the conflict between East and West, provides new insights into the relationship between the processes of far-reaching social change in the Federal Republic and the mass protests that occurred around 1980 which were intended to promote peace.

»leistet die gründlich recherchierte, detail- und kenntnisreiche, verständlich geschriebene Studie von Wiechmann einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Erforschung der Umbruchprozesse der 1970er- und 1980er-Jahre im Kontext der Entwicklung der neuen sozialen Bewegungen und zur Vertiefung des zeithistorischen Kenntnisstandes.«
Dimitrij Owetschkin, www.sehepunkte.de Januar 2019

»da es ihm überzeugend gelingt, nicht nur den massiven Protest und das vielfältige Engagement von Christen innerhalb der Friedensbewegung der damaligen Zeit mit mikroskopischer Genauigkeit zu analysieren, sondern ebenso deren Bedeutung für die damalige Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik mit klarem Urteil zu würdigen.«
Markus Thurau, MGZ 2/2018, 664

»präzise«
Ulrich Frey, Versöhnung 2017, 25

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