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Thursday, 14 March 2013

Der verhängnisvolle Irrtum

Vizerektor Peter Scherrer, Tagungs-Initiator Harald Heppner, Referent Oberstleutnant Harald Potempa aus Potsdam und Dekan Wolf Rauch (v.l.)

Vizerektor Peter Scherrer, Tagungs-Initiator Harald Heppner, Referent Oberstleutnant Harald Potempa aus Potsdam und Dekan Wolf Rauch (v.l.)

Eine Tagung des Centre for Military Studies analysiert Auswirkungen politisch-militärischer Fehler in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart

Falsche Strategien und Entscheidungen, Falschmeldungen und Fehlinterpretationen sowie personelle Fehlbesetzungen im politisch-militärischen Kontext haben im Lauf der Geschichte immer wieder weitreichende Folgen gehabt. Im Rahmen einer Tagung des Centre for Military Studies der Uni Graz analysieren WissenschafterInnen und ExpertInnen am 14. und 15. März 2013 Fallbeispiele aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart.

Vizerektor Peter Scherrer und Dekan Wolf Rauch eröffneten die Veranstaltung im Resowi-Zentrum. "Demokratie braucht sowohl die Wissenschaft als auch die Sicherheit durch das Militär. Beide gehören zur nachhaltigen Infrastruktur einer Gesellschaft", betonte Wolf Rauch, der an der Tagung in seiner Funktion als Vorsitzender der Wissenschaftskommission des Österreichischen Bundesheeres teilnahm. Darüber hinaus brauche das Militär die Forschung und sei gleichzeitig der größte Sponsor der Wissenschaft, hob Rauch hervor.

Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c.mult. Harald Heppner, Leiter des Instituts für Geschichte der Uni Graz und Obmann des Centre for Military Studies, führte anschließend ins Thema der Tagung ein.

 

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Der verhängnisvolle Irrtum. Zur Analyse von Fehlleistungen in politisch-militärischen Kontexten

 

Donnerstag, 14. März 2013, Resowi-Zentrum, Bauteil B3

 

14:30-16:30 Uhr

Panel 1: Falsche Strategien

Moderation: Univ. Prof. Dr. Harald Heppner

  • Ao.Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Klaus Tausend, Graz

„Gib die Legionen zurück!“ Roms militärisches Desaster in Germanien

  • Obstlt Dr. Harald Potempa, Potsdam

„Material oder Moral?“ – Die verhängnisvolle Wirkung eines (militärischen) Diskurses in Deutschland 1913-1945. Diskussion

  • MinR Mag. Dr. Friedrich Korkisch, Wien

General William Westmoreland – „Der überforderte General“ statt Strategie „Seach and Destroy“

Diskussion

 

17:00-19:00 Uhr

Panel 2: Falsche Nachrichten oder falsche Deutungen von Nachrichten

Moderation: HR Doz. Dr. Erwin Schmidl, Wien

  • Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Johannes Gießauf, Graz

Gottes Geschenk oder doch seine Zuchtrute? Die Mongolen als Urheber von Irrtümern und enttäuschten Hoffnungen

  • Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Siegfried Beer, Graz

Ist geheimdienstliches Versagen vermeidbar? Einige Fallbeispiele zur amerikanischen Erfahrung

  • Ao.Univ.-Prof. DDr. Christian Stadler, Wien

Zu Wesen und Wert der militärischen Hermeneutik

 

Freitag, 15. März 2013, Resowi-Zentrum, Bauteil A2

 

08:30-10:30  Uhr

Panel 3: Falsche Entscheidungen, falscher Zeitpunkt von Entscheidungen

Moderation: HR Doz. Dr. Wolfgang Etschmann, Wien

  • Univ.-Prof. Dr. Werner Maleczek, Wien

Der Vierte Kreuzzug (1202–1205): Ein logistisches Desaster

  • Mag. Dr. Richard Lein, Wien

Ruhe vor dem Sturm. Die Schlacht bei Zborów

  • Priv.-Doz. Dr. Wolfgang Müller, Wien

Chruschtschows Berlinkrise: Vom Verhängnis der fehlenden Exit-Strategie

Diskussion

 

11:00-13:00 Uhr

Panel 4: Personelle Fehlbesetzungen

Moderation: Ao.Univ. Prof. Dr. Klaus Tausend

  • Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dieter A. Binder, Graz

Conrad von Hötzendorf revisited

  • Univ.-Prof. Dr. Florian Bieber, Graz

War die Jugoslawische Volksarmee zum Scheitern verurteilt? Entscheidungen der JNA-Führung im Kontext des Ende Jugoslawiens

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