Militant Democracy: The Legacy of Germany’s War on Terror in the 1970s
| dc.contributor.author | Rosenfeld, Alan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-24T23:21:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-05-24T23:21:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-07-29 | |
| dc.description | This article was originally published in the journal, <em>The European Legacy, vol.19, n.5</em> and has been modified to conform to ADA standards and practices. | |
| dc.description.abstract | In the 1970s the Federal Republic of Germany found itself locked in a battle with leftwing extremism, when groups of self-styled urban guerrillas attempted to press through a radical agenda using methods that included bombings, kidnappings, and assassinations. This essay examines the counterterrorist initiatives of West Germany’s ruling social-liberal coalition as anti-state violence forced officials to reconsider the principles of democracy and state power. With the collapse of the Weimar Republic casting an ominous shadow, political leaders gradually forged a consensus around the concept of “militant democracy.” In practice, this meant a more centralized state, prepared to forcefully defend the lives and property of its citizens against terrorist attacks. Although the country embraced a new image of German militarism in the form of counterterrorist commandos, citizens expressed a growing concern over computerized crime fighting as an intrusive surveillance of their private lives. | |
| dc.format.extent | 29 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rosenfeld, A. (2014). Militant Democracy: The Legacy of West Germany’s War on Terror in the 1970s. The European Legacy, 19(5), 568-589. doi:10.1080/10848770.2014.943531 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/10848770.2014.943531 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10790/3474 | |
| dc.language.iso | en-US | |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | |
| dc.relation.uri | https://doi.org/10.1080/10848770.2014.943531 | |
| dc.rights | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in <em>The European Legacy</em> on July 29, 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10848770.2014.943531. | |
| dc.title | Militant Democracy: The Legacy of Germany’s War on Terror in the 1970s | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text |