Guns that have been used so many times they no longer shoot straight, planes, helicopters and tanks that are unfit for use, defence projects that take longer and longer and swallow up more and more money – over the past few years, the operational capability of the German military has been getting steadily worse. But this is just a symptom of a deeper problem. After the Cold War, Germany established a comfortable position for itself in the world – a world that seemed to be coming together in peace, and in which our security seemed assured. But this presumed safety turned out to be an illusion. Without pulling his punches, Carlo Masala takes stock of our current situation and explains how we can become more resilient in social, economic, political and military terms. Because if we do not take intelligent, strategic action, we will no longer be able to hold our own in the new world order.

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