Bundeswehr und Medien

The German armed forces’ relationship to the media is characterised by mutual distrust. The need to protect military secrets is diametrically opposed to the desire for information about the everyday lives of the troops, and not only during scandals. The armed forces’ critical, wait-and-see approach to public relations also often results in them representing themselves in an overly simplified manner. Using historical events, this anthology describes media coverage of the German armed forces and examines selected new topics related to that coverage as well as certain attempts to regulate it. With contributions by Oliver Bange, Heiko Biehl, Franz Breitzinger, Peter Busch, Marc Chaouali, Jörg Jacobs, Thilo Jungkind, Gerhard Kümmel, Gottfried Linn, Karl-Heinz Lutz, Heiner Möllers, Florian Schaurer, Klaus Schröder, Adrian Teetz, Meike Wanner, Dinah Wiestler, John Zimmermann und Natascha Zowislo-Grünewald.