This Land Remains German”
Requisitioning, Society, and the US Army, 1945–1956
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9645240 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adam R Seipp (0000-0002-7712-906X, Texas A&M University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 03 |
| Pages | 476-495 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Central European History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-9389 • E-ISSN: 1569-1616 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s000893891900075x |
| OpenAlex | W2977111263 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article examines debates over the requisitioning of real estate by the US Army during the decade after the end of World War II. Requisitioning quickly emerged as one of the most contentious issues in the relationship between German civilians and the American occupation. American policy changed several times as the physical presence of the occupiers shrank during the postwar period then expanded again after the outbreak of the Korean War. I show that requisitioning became a key site of contestation during the early years of the Federal Republic. The right to assert authority over real property served as a visible reminder of the persistent limits of German sovereignty. By pushing back against American requisitioning policy, Germans articulated an increasingly assertive claim to sovereign rights
Ancient history · Archaeology · Economic history · Economics · Economy · First world war · German · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Real estate · Sociology · Sovereignty · World War II · European history and politics · History · Law · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |