DAVID M. LIVINGSTONE holds a PhD in History from the University of California-San Diego. He is retired as Chief of Police of Simi Valley, California and is an adjunct professor at California Lutheran University.

[T]his study is well worth reading. Its appeal lies precisely in the fact that, through the lens of a security agency, it tells the social history of West Germany in the context of democratization, security, and policing.

• AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart I: Origins and Early Development, 1949-19561. The Shadow of Weimar Political Violence in the Making of West Germany's BGS2. Men of the First Hour: Veteran Soldiers and the Police Organization They Made3. Who Wants to be a Soldier? The BGS and West Germany's New ArmyPart II: Organizational Culture, 1956-19804. Recruitment and Rebuilding the BGS5. Militarization and Training for War6. Professional Ethics and Moral Training7. The Debate Over Combatant Status and Its ConsequencesPart III: Modernization: Becoming a Federal Police Agency, 1968-20058. Bonn's "Problem Child": The Struggle to Modernize the BGS9. From Munich to Mogadishu: Fighting Terrorism at Home and Abroad10. More than Guarding Borders: From BGS to BundespolizeiConclusion: Germany's Police: A Model for Democratic Policing?BibliographyIndex

DAVID M. LIVINGSTONE holds a PhD in History from the University of California-San Diego. He is retired as Chief of Police of Simi Valley, California and is an adjunct professor at California Lutheran University.

[T]his study is well worth reading. Its appeal lies precisely in the fact that, through the lens of a security agency, it tells the social history of West Germany in the context of democratization, security, and policing.

• AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart I: Origins and Early Development, 1949-19561. The Shadow of Weimar Political Violence in the Making of West Germany's BGS2. Men of the First Hour: Veteran Soldiers and the Police Organization They Made3. Who Wants to be a Soldier? The BGS and West Germany's New ArmyPart II: Organizational Culture, 1956-19804. Recruitment and Rebuilding the BGS5. Militarization and Training for War6. Professional Ethics and Moral Training7. The Debate Over Combatant Status and Its ConsequencesPart III: Modernization: Becoming a Federal Police Agency, 1968-20058. Bonn's "Problem Child": The Struggle to Modernize the BGS9. From Munich to Mogadishu: Fighting Terrorism at Home and Abroad10. More than Guarding Borders: From BGS to BundespolizeiConclusion: Germany's Police: A Model for Democratic Policing?BibliographyIndex

DAVID M. LIVINGSTONE holds a PhD in History from the University of California-San Diego. He is retired as Chief of Police of Simi Valley, California and is an adjunct professor at California Lutheran University.

[T]his study is well worth reading. Its appeal lies precisely in the fact that, through the lens of a security agency, it tells the social history of West Germany in the context of democratization, security, and policing.

• AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart I: Origins and Early Development, 1949-19561. The Shadow of Weimar Political Violence in the Making of West Germany's BGS2. Men of the First Hour: Veteran Soldiers and the Police Organization They Made3. Who Wants to be a Soldier? The BGS and West Germany's New ArmyPart II: Organizational Culture, 1956-19804. Recruitment and Rebuilding the BGS5. Militarization and Training for War6. Professional Ethics and Moral Training7. The Debate Over Combatant Status and Its ConsequencesPart III: Modernization: Becoming a Federal Police Agency, 1968-20058. Bonn's "Problem Child": The Struggle to Modernize the BGS9. From Munich to Mogadishu: Fighting Terrorism at Home and Abroad10. More than Guarding Borders: From BGS to BundespolizeiConclusion: Germany's Police: A Model for Democratic Policing?BibliographyIndex