Rearming Germany -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- THE BEGINNING OF REARMAMENT -- The Himmerod Memorandum and the Beginning of West German Security Policy -- Adenauer, Amt Blank, and the Founding of the Bundeswehr 1950-1956 -- THE DEBATE WITHIN GERMAN SOCIETY -- A Reasonable "Yes": The Social Democrats and West German Rearmament, 1945-1956 -- THE ALLIED POWERS AND THE CREATION OF A NEW GERMAN ARMED FORCERS -- The European Defense Community -- American Assistance to the New German Army and Luftwaffe -- Establishing the Bundesmarine: The Convergence of Central Planning and Pre-existing Maritime Organizations, 1950-1956 -- THE ECONOMICS OF GERMAN REARMAMENT -- German Industry, the Cold War, and the Bundeswehr -- Reasons of State: A Military and Foreign Trade Necessity.The International Mix of Armaments in the Build-up Phase of the Bundeswehr 1953-1958 -- DEBATES WITHIN THE BUNDESWEHR ABOUT ORGANIZATION AND DOCTRINE -- The Battle Over "Innere Fuehrung" -- The Service Staff s' Struggle over Structure. The Bundeswehr's Internal Debates on Adopting NATO Doctrine 1950-1963 -- THE OTHER GERMANY. CREATING THE DDR'S ARMED FORCES -- Failure to Command: The Political Underpinnings of the Failure of the Nationale Volksarmee as a Social Institution -- Rearming Germany: An Essay on Books and Sources -- Index.