Adam Seipp publishes article in War & Society
New Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences Adam Seipp published “Fulda Gap: A Board Game, West German Society, and a Battle that Never Happened, 1975-85,” in the premier journal in his field, War & Society.
New Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences Adam Seipp just published “Fulda Gap: A Board Game, West German Society, and a Battle that Never Happened, 1975-85,” by a premier journal in his field, War & Society, DOI: 10.1080/07292473.2022.2087401. The link to the article is here War and Society.
This fascinating article explores the reception of the American-made board game Fulda Gap: The First Battle of the Next War in the Federal Republic of Germany in the early 1980s. The German peace movement used the game, which depicted conventional, chemical, and nuclear war on German territory, as a potent symbol of what they believed to be American and NATO disregard for German lives and sovereignty. The controversy over the game reflected the changing character of German-American relations during the ‘Second Cold War’ and increasing concerns among Germans about the possible consequences of superpower conflict in Central Europe.
Congratulations, Adam!