Swiss Association for Military History and Science

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The Swiss Association for Military History and Military Science (SVMM), French L'Association suisse d'histoire et de sciences militaires (ASHSM), is a Swiss institution for scientific research into military history . The current president is former corps commander Dominique Andrey .

History and organization

The Swiss Association for Military History and Military Science (SVMM) was founded in 1973 as an association under private law after Switzerland was one of the few nations without a corresponding organization at an international historians' congress in Moscow in 1972 .

It currently has over 250 members and is aimed at history buffs, the military and historians. They can take part in annual international congresses, which are held in English, French and occasionally in German, and excursions.

The seat is the Military Academy (MILAK) in Birmensdorf . There are also close financial and organizational relationships with the library on Guisanplatz and the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport .

The SVMM is a collective member of the Swiss Society for History (SGG). The board also acts as a Swiss Commission for Military History. There is a lively exchange with the commissions in Germany, Austria, France, Portugal and the USA. She has also been a member of the International Commission on Military History (ICMH) for several years .

The previous presidents of the SVMM were the officers (chronologically): Alfred Ernst , Paul Gygli , Fritz Wille , Louis-Edouard Roulet , Adrien Tschumy and Dominique Juilland .

Sponsorship award

Since 1987, the association has been giving an award to young scientists every two years. The prize is awarded to theses (dissertations, licentiate and master theses) in the field of Swiss military history and general history. To date, more than ten award winners have been recognized.

Publications

The association also regularly publishes papers (including Travaux & recherches and the papers of the Swiss Association for Military History and Military Science ) such as conference proceedings and monographs. The ARES series is published by hier + Jetzt, Verlag für Kultur und Geschichte . Here are some publications:

  • War and mountains. The influence of the Alps and the Jura on strategy over the centuries . Edition Attinger, Hauterive 1988, ISBN 2-88256-028-1 .
  • Louis-Edouard Roulet (Ed.): The war mobilization of the Swiss army and active service 1939–1945 . SVMM, Bern 1990.
  • 1945-1995. From the end of the Second World War to the new world order. Decisions, political and military impact history . Foreword by Kaspar Villiger , SVMM, Bern 1995, ISBN 2-9700034-2-2 .
  • 1648 - 1798–1848 - 1998. 350 years of armed neutrality in Switzerland. Permanent neutrality and the changing militia system . SVMM, Bern 1999, ISBN 2-9700034-4-9 .
  • Hervé de Weck , Anselm Zurfluh (ed.): Suworow in Switzerland . Thesis-Verlag, Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-908544-36-X .
  • Hervé de Weck (Ed.): War and Peace in Europe . SVMM, Bern 2004, ISBN 2-9700034-6-5 .
  • Hervé de Weck (Ed.): La Suisse, Switzerland 1945–1990 . SVMM, Bern 2005, ISBN 2-9700034-9 .
  • Peter Braun, Hervé de Weck (Ed.): The planning of defense in the army 61st proceedings of the colloquium of the Swiss Association for Military History and Science (SVMM) and the Center d'Histoire et de Prospective Militaires (CHPM) on October 17th 2008 . SVMM, Bern 2009, ISBN 2-9700034-10-1 .
  • Rudolf Jaun , David Rieder (ed.): Swiss armor. Politics, Procurement, and Industry in the 20th Century . Hier + Jetzt, Verlag für Kultur und Geschichte, Baden 2013, ISBN 978-3-03919-279-3 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marc Tribelhorn: Transnational and total A Zurich conference on the First World War. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. March 5, 2014, No. 53, p. 49.
  2. ↑ Recognition for young historians . In: Mittelland newspaper . July 5, 2011.
  3. ↑ Bruno Lezzi : Tension fields of arms procurement. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . September 17, 2013, No. 215, p. 15.