Militarization and democracy in West Germany's border police, 1951-2005

"A social history of West Germany's Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS, Federal Border Police) that complicates the telling of the country's history as a straightforward success story. The 2020 murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers shows that police violence is still a problem in...

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1. Verfasser: Livingstone, David M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Rochester : Boydell & Brewer, 2024
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:German history in context 9
Schlagworte:Germany (West).-Bundesgrenzschutz-History Border patrols-Germany (West)-History Militarization of police-Germany (West) Germany (West)-History, Military Border patrols Militarization of police
Umfang:1 online resource (429 pages)
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