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  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Scianna, Bastian Matteo
T1  - Stuck in the past?
BT  - British views on the Spanish army’s effectiveness and military culture, 1946-1983
JF  - War & Society
N2  - After the Civil War the Spanish army functioned as a guardian of domestic order, but suffered from antiquated material and little financial means. These factors have been described as fundamental reasons for the army’s low potential wartime capability. This article draws on British and German sources to demonstrate how Spanish military culture prevented an augmented effectiveness and organisational change. Claiming that the army merely lacked funding and modern equipment, falls considerably short in grasping the complexities of military effectiveness and organisational cultures, and might prove fatal for current attempts to develop foreign armed forces in conflict or post-conflict zones.
KW  - Spain
KW  - Franco
KW  - military effectiveness
KW  - military culture
KW  - organisational change
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/07292473.2019.1524347
SN  - 0729-2473
SN  - 2042-4345
VL  - 38
IS  - 1
SP  - 41
EP  - 56
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Scianna, Bastian Matteo
T1  - Stuck in the past?
BT  - British views on the Spanish army’s effectiveness and military culture, 1946–1983
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe
N2  - After the Civil War the Spanish army functioned as a guardian of domestic order, but suffered from antiquated material and little financial means. These factors have been described as fundamental reasons for the army’s low potential wartime capability. This article draws on British and German sources to demonstrate how Spanish military culture prevented an augmented effectiveness and organisational change. Claiming that the army merely lacked funding and modern equipment, falls considerably short in grasping the complexities of military effectiveness and organisational cultures, and might prove fatal for current attempts to develop foreign armed forces in conflict or post-conflict zones.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe - 153 
KW  - Spain
KW  - Franco
KW  - military effectiveness
KW  - military culture
KW  - organisational change
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-420615
SN  - 1866-8380
IS  - 153
ER  -