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How Military Interventions Increase the Gap between Soldiers und Politics

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Since the end of the Cold War, military interventions have become the key deployment scenario for most NATO countries. Military interventions, however, i.e. the deployment of troops in regions and states sometimes far away from one’s own territory, are currently looked upon with some unease.

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Warburg, J. (2013). How Military Interventions Increase the Gap between Soldiers und Politics. In: Kümmel, G., Giegerich, B. (eds) The Armed Forces: Towards a Post-Interventionist Era?. Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr, vol 14. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-01286-1_24

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