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The chapter focuses on the development of psychology in the German military after the end of World War II. It sheds a light on personnel, organizational, and operational psychology, which has become a major area of interest after Germany’s shift of security strategy in the mid-1990s and a growing number of deployments abroad. Understanding the concept of psychological fitness and integrating psychological training and support into the military lifecycle has therefore become a main effort of German operational psychology and is discussed in this chapter. Finally, the benefit of technology in psychological training and support is debated.
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Krueckel, O. (2017). Military Psychology in Germany. In: Bowles, S., Bartone, P. (eds) Handbook of Military Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66192-6_28
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