Detlef Bald

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Detlef Bald in 2015

Detlef Bald (born May 1, 1941 in Plettenberg ) is a German political scientist and military historian . From 1971 to 1996 he was scientific director at the Social Science Institute of the Bundeswehr in Munich. Since 1996 he has been working as a freelance journalist mainly in the field of peace research, as well as on the resistance of the White Rose and Dietrich Bonhoeffer .

Life

Bald's ancestors come from the Sauerland . He was born in Plettenberg, Westphalia , in 1941 . His grandfather worked in iron processing . During the time of National Socialism , his father Hugo HJ was regional leader in Bochum , and his mother distanced herself from the Association of German Girls after the outbreak of war . Soon was married to Brunhild Bald, b. Prussia.

From 1952 he grew up in Essen and attended the Essen-Werden high school . During his school days he was head of the school and editor of the school newspaper . After graduating from high school in 1962, he studied political science and history as well as education , philosophy and English at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . Scientists such as Arnold Bergstraesser , Gerhard Ritter and Hans-Günter Zmarzlik shaped his generalist course. In 1965 he became a research assistant at the newly founded Arnold Bergstraesser Institute for cultural studies research in Freiburg, which was headed by Dieter Oberndörfer . There he turned to development policy , including archival studies in London. Soon he was also active in student self-administration , as spokesman for the historical student council and as a member of the AStA . In 1966/67 he passed the 1st state examination.

From 1967 to 1970 he was a research assistant at the seminar for political education at the University of Frankfurt am Main , combined with a teaching position for the government system of the Federal Republic of Germany , the international situation and developing countries . This period aroused his interest in international politics . Inspired by Oberdörfer and Gottfried Schramm began in 1967 at the Faculty of the University of Freiburg his promotion to Dr. phil. with the dissertation German East Africa 1900–1914. A study of administration, economics, and interest groups that he submitted in 1969.

Instead of an academic career to pursue, he decided on the date new topic military and went for it on the by Thomas Ellwein built Scientific Institute of education in the armed forces . There he worked with the then Federal Minister of Defense Helmut Schmidt (SPD) on his educational reforms in the armed forces and established international contacts with military sociologists as part of his work . From 1971 to 1996 he was scientific director and from 1975 head of the project area "Military and Society" at the Social Science Institute of the Bundeswehr (SOWI) in Munich. He also became a member and temporarily chairman of the Working Group on the Military and Social Sciences (AMS). The AMS initiated the military and social sciences series at Nomos Verlag . In particular, the Bundeswehr General Wolf von Baudissin had a great influence on Bald's work with the concept of Inner Guidance . Soon, from 1972, he was teaching international politics with Gottfried-Karl Kindermann at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich .

In the 1970s he made contacts with the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), where he was active in the research group “Democratization of Armed Forces” (DemoS). Soon became co-editor, then a member of the advisory board, of the magazine Sicherheit und Frieden , co-editor of the yearbook for historical peace research and the book series Peace and War. Contributions to historical peace research and spokesman for the historical peace research working group . He was also involved in the Evangelical Academy in Tutzing . He published in magazines such as Wissenschaft und Frieden , Mittelweg 36 and papers for German and international politics . Soon became a member of the support group of the pacifist working group Darmstädter Signal and in the past acted as a speaker a. a. at the Peace Research Group.

He became a critic of maintaining tradition in the Bundeswehr. In June 1998, on the occasion of the Inner Leadership Forum in Bonn, in his speech given to high-ranking officers and subsequently criticized , he urged reforms in the general staff course and in military training. Soon there was a frequent interview partner for critical reports about the Bundeswehr in the magazines Panorama, monitor, in broadcasts of the BR, the NDR and the Deutschlandfunk. Since 1996 he has been working as a freelance historian and journalist in Munich. He published several works on military and contemporary history as well as on peace policy issues, which were mainly published as working papers by SOWI and as books by Aufbau-Verlag , Klartext Verlag and Nomos Verlag. Soon was not only a historian oriented towards military and security policy, another focus of his work since the end of the 90s was resistance with reference to Munich: the White Rose . His archive studies opened up new perspectives. This was followed by concentration on the life and work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Its results were primarily published in the magazine “Responsibility”. Soon has volunteered in the field of Protestantism. In the 1990s he was a member of the Munich Synod, and since then has also been on the board of the Evangelical Educational Organization and other regional church bodies. During the years of preparation and construction of the synagogue and the Jewish community center on St.-Jakobs-Platz, he was an active member of the board of the association. Since 2008 he has been a member of the board of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Association (dbv); from 2015 to 2019 he was chairman of the dbv. In 2002 he was awarded the citizen medal "Munich Glows" by the City of Munich for his commitment to peace politics.

Fonts (selection)

  • German East Africa 1900–1914. A study on administration, economy and interest groups (= Afrika-Studien, Nr. 54 / zugl. Dissertation, University of Freiburg, 1969). Weltforum-Verlag, Munich 1970, ISBN 3-8039-0038-7 .
  • From the Imperial Army to the Bundeswehr. Social structure of the military. Policy of recruiting officers and NCOs (= European university publications / 31). Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1981, ISBN 3-8204-5870-0 .
  • The German officer. Social and educational history of the German officer corps in the 20th century . Bernard & Graefe, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7637-5400-8 .
  • General staff training in democracy. The leadership academy of the Bundeswehr between traditionalism and reform . Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1984, ISBN 3-7637-5454-7 .
  • (Ed.) Tradition and Reform in Military Education. From the Prussian general war school to the command academy of the Bundeswehr. Documentation 1810–1985 . With an introduction by Dieter Clauß , Nomos, Baden-Baden 1985 (together with Gerhild Bald-Gerlich, Eduard Ambros), ISBN 3-7890-1116-9 .
  • (Ed.) Military responsibility in state and society. 175 years of general staff training in Germany . Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1986, ISBN 3-7637-5834-8 .
  • (Ed.) Militia as a model? On the reservist concept of the Bundeswehr (= military, armaments, security, Volume 39). Nomos, Baden-Baden 1987, ISBN 3-7890-1431-1 .
  • (Ed.) The defense structure of the nineties. Reservist army, militia or ...? (= Military and Social Sciences, Volume 1). Nomos, Baden-Baden 1988 (together with Paul Klein ), ISBN 3-7890-1568-7 .
  • (Ed.) Historical guidelines for the military in the nineties (= military and social sciences, volume 2). Nomos, Baden-Baden 1988 (together with Paul Klein), ISBN 3-7890-1703-5 .
  • (Ed.) European peace policy. Ethical tasks (= military and social sciences, volume 5). Nomos, Baden-Baden 1990, ISBN 3-7890-2190-3 .
  • (Ed.) General staff training between society and the military. The annual work archive . Mittler, Herford 1991 (together with Wilhelm Nolte, Hans-Heinrich Steyreiff), ISBN 3-8132-0375-1 .
  • (Ed.) The National People's Army. Contributions to the self-image and history of the German military from 1945–1990 (= military and social sciences, volume 10). Nomos, Baden-Baden 1992, ISBN 3-7890-2705-7 .
  • (Ed.) Military, Economy and Conversion. Articles and bibliography. The work of Lutz Köllner (= military and social sciences, volume 12). Nomos, Baden-Baden 1993, ISBN 3-7890-2950-5 .
  • Military and society 1945–1990. The Bundeswehr of the Bonn Republic (= military and social sciences, volume 13). Nomos, Baden-Baden 1994, ISBN 3-7890-3328-6 .
  • (Ed.) National People's Army - Army for Peace. Contributions to the self-image and history of the German military 1945–1990 (= military and social sciences, volume 17). Nomos, Baden-Baden 1995 (together with Reinhard Brühl , Andreas Prüfert), ISBN 3-7890-4025-8 .
  • (Ed.) Departure after the turning point. Military pastoral care, cultural tax and the state-church relationship (= military and social sciences, Volume 19). Commissioned by the Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Verein, Nomos, Baden-Baden 1997 (together with Karl Martin), ISBN 3-7890-4700-7 .
  • (Ed.) From war to military reform. On the debate about models in the Bundeswehr and the National People's Army (= military and social sciences, volume 20). Nomos, Baden-Baden 1997 (together with Andreas Prüfert), ISBN 3-7890-4911-5 .
  • (Ed.) Views and Insights. Military, state and society in the mirror of selected annual papers by graduates of the leadership academy of the Bundeswehr (= series of publications of the Scientific Forum for International Security, Volume 11). With a foreword by Eckardt Opitz , Edition Temmen, Bremen 1998 (together with Wilhelm Nolte), ISBN 3-86108-713-8 .
  • Hiroshima, August 6, 1945 - the nuclear threat (= dtv, 30607). Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-423-30607-6 .
  • (Ed.) Classics of pedagogy in the German military (= Forum internal leadership, Volume 5). Nomos, Baden-Baden 1999 (together with Uwe Hartmann , Claus von Rosen ), ISBN 3-7890-6039-9 .
  • Wehrmacht myth. Post-war debates and maintenance of tradition (= construction paperbacks, 8072). Aufbau Verlag, Berlin 2001 (together with Johannes Klotz and Wolfram Wette), ISBN 3-7466-8072-7 .
  • (Ed.) Inner leadership. A plea for a second military reform (= Inner Leadership Forum, Volume 19). Nomos, Baden-Baden 2002 (together with Andreas Prüfert), ISBN 3-7890-8347-X .
  • The White Rose". From the front into the resistance (= assembly pocket books, 8116). Construction Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-7466-8116-2 .
  • (Ed.) Crossing thresholds. Peace reports and peace research. Festschrift for Dirk Heinrich (= Peace and War, Volume 4). Klartext Verlag, Essen 2005, ISBN 978-3-89861-479-5 .
  • The Bundeswehr. A critical story 1955-2005 (= Beck'sche Reihe, 1622). CH Beck, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-406-52792-2 .
  • (Ed.) "Against the War Machine". Experiences of war and motives for the resistance of the "White Rose" . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2005, ISBN 3-89861-488-3 .
  • Policy of Responsibility. The example of Helmut Schmidt. The primacy of the political over the military 1965-1975 . With a foreword by Helmut Schmidt . Construction Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 3-351-02674-9 .
  • Alternatives to rearming. Peace Concepts in West Germany 1945–1955 , Klartext Verlag, Essen 2008 (together with Wolfram Wette), ISBN 978-3-8375-0013-4
  • (Ed.) Trimmed back, devoid of meaning, misunderstood. The internal leadership of the Bundeswehr (= Democracy, Security, Peace, Volume 187). Nomos, Baden-Baden 2008 (together with Hans-Günter Fröhling, Jürgen Groß, Claus von Rosen ), ISBN 978-3-8329-3508-5 .
  • 'Either we get rid of the atomic bomb or the atomic bombs get rid of us.' The reality of power and the dynamics of nuclear armaments since Hiroshima. In: Nuclear weapons and the future of humanity. Contributions to the 13th Dresden Symposium For a Global Peace Order on November 15, 2008. (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V. DSS working papers , Dresden 2009, issue 93, pp. 41–53. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-340349
  • The example of the primacy of politics - the control of nuclear weapons in the Bonn Republic. Subsequently submitted contribution to the 13th Dresden Symposium 'For a Global Peace Order' (Issue 93/2009). In: Equal security for all instead of NATO domination. (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V: DSS working papers, Dresden 2009, issue 94, pp. 58–70. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-339884
  • Peace initiatives in the early days of the Cold War 1945–1955 (= Peace and War, Volume 17). Klartext Verlag, Essen 2010 (together with Wolfram Wette ), ISBN 978-3-8375-0013-4 .
  • "The stronger in spirit". To the Christian resistance of the "White Rose" . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2012 (together with Jakob Knab ), ISBN 978-3-8375-0660-0 .
  • African struggle against colonial rule . The Maji-Maji-Uprising in East Africa, in: Military history messages, Vol. 19, Verlag G. Braun Karlsruhe 1976, p. 23 ff. ISBN 3-7650-0812-5
  • Development policy as a problem between industrialized countries and the> Third World < , in: Gottfried-Karl Kindermann (ed.): Basic elements of world politics. An introduction, R. Piper Verlag 1981, pp. 240 ff. ISBN 3-492-00524-1
  • New contours of the national church . On the change in the relationship between state and church, in: Karl Martin (and D. Bald ed.): Farewell to the church tax. Plea for a democratic future model, Publik-Forum Oberursel 2002, p. 51 ff. ISBN 3-88095-115-2
  • State tradition and church reform . On the history of the state, church and society in the 20th century, in: Reinhard Höppner, Joachim Perels (ed.): The repressed legacy of the Confessing Church, Radius Verlag Stuttgart 2012, pp. 149 ff. ISBN 978-3-87173-939 -2
  • Alexander Schmorell - the martyr , in: Beuroner Forum. Edition 2014. Lit Verlag Berlin 2014, p. 31 ff. ISBN 978-3-643-12442-5
  • 1914: The long continuity of history , in: Peter Strutynski (ed.): Breaks and Continuities. From the world wars to "permanent war"? Verlag Jenior Kassel 2014, p. 30 ff. ISBN 978-3-934377-79-0 .
  • “Never again war!” Gustav Heinemann and the opposition to rearmament in the fifties , in: Gernot Erler (ed.): Why peace is feasible. War prevention and peace strategies, Verlag Herder Freiburg 2014, p. 77 ff. ISBN 978-3-451-33580-8
  • Karl Martin (and D. Bald, A. Denecke eds.): Dietrich Bonhoeffer. New ways of research. Knowledge Buchgesellschaft Darmstadt 2015 ISBN 978-3-534-26469-8

literature

  • Andreas Prüfert (Ed.): In the service of a new culture of peace: Festschrift for Detlef Bald. Work and bibliography (= Inner Guidance Forum, Volume 18). Nomos, Baden-Baden 2002, ISBN 3-7890-8297-X .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Andreas Prüfert (ed.): In the service of a new peace culture: Festschrift for Detlef Bald. Work and bibliography (= Inner Guidance Forum, Volume 18). Nomos, Baden-Baden 2002, ISBN 3-7890-8297-X , p. 91 ff.
  2. ↑ Contributor to this issue . In: Marine-Rundschau 74 (1977) 1, p. Xi.
  3. ^ Detlef Bald: German East Africa 1900–1914 . Munich 1970, p. 243.
  4. ^ Detlef Bald: German East Africa 1900–1914 . Munich 1970, p. 12.
  5. ↑ Speaker: Dr. Detlef Bald , Saarland Democracy Foundation , accessed on March 5, 2014.
  6. ↑ Detlef Bald: General Staff Training in Democracy . Koblenz 1984, p. 252.
  7. ↑ Detlef Bald et al .: Cut back, empty of meaning, misunderstood. The internal leadership of the Bundeswehr . Baden-Baden 2008, p. 169.
  8. ^ Advisory Board , Security and Peace, accessed March 4, 2014.
  9. ↑ Yearbook for Historical Peace Research , H-Soz-u-Kult , accessed on March 4, 2014.
  10. ↑ Förderkreis Presentation , Darmstädter Signal, accessed on March 4, 2014.
  11. ↑ The 20th Peace Policy Council meets in Kassel , press release by the Peace Research Working Group and the Federal Peace Council Committee, December 3, 2013.
  12. ^ A b Edo Reents : Enlightenment undesirable. Military historian Detlef Bald repeatedly criticized the Bundeswehr and is no longer given a teaching position . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , December 21, 1998, p. 6.
personal data
SURNAME Soon, Detlef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist, journalist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Plettenberg