TY  - JOUR
A1  - Scianna, Bastian Matteo
T1  - Rebuilding an Austrian Army
BT  - The Bundesheer’s Founding Generation and the Wehrmacht Past, 1955–1970
JF  - War in History
N2  - After the Second World War, a new Austrian Army (the Bundesheer) was formed to guarantee the country’s armed neutrality. But the period between 1938 and 1945 remained a point of contention. While some Austrian officers had been sidelined, the majority had served in the Wehrmacht and thus shared experiences and soldierly values. As Cold War realities necessitated a professional experienced army, a group around Erwin Fussenegger (1908–1986) dominated the new Bundesheer and contemplations about reforming the military culture and value system were postponed; while at the same time, the Bundesheer managed to prevent becoming a mere continuation of the Wehrmacht.
KW  - Austria
KW  - Wehrmacht
KW  - Second World War
KW  - Cold War
KW  - military culture
KW  - Bundesheer
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0968344516682057
SN  - 0968-3445
SN  - 1477-0385
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
SP  - 105
EP  - 123
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - London
ER  -