Folge 17: Exposing the Fault Lines? How Corona has Affected American Civil-Military Relations - a podcast by Heidelberg Center for American Studies

The German view
of the American military has for a long time been dominated by the presence of
U.S. forces in the country. Germany has certainly profited from this presence
for decades, but it has become somewhat controversial recently, on both sides
of the Atlantic. In this episode of the HCA podcast, Anja Schüler talks with
David Eisler about how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected American
civil-military relations. Their conversation shines a light on the American
military and its role in the Corona crisis, but also on the military’s larger
position in American politics and society. David Eisler is a doctoral candidate
in the HCA’s Graduiertenkolleg “Authority and Trust,” finishing his
dissertation on civil-military relations and American war fiction. He has also
served five years on active duty in the United States Army, with tours in
Germany, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

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