A narrow majority of West Germans favored strikes against atomic arming

Evidence

Fifty-two per cent of the adult population of West Germany and West Berlin were in favour of a strike to prevent the army from acquiring atomic weapons. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2345

Categorization

• SHARE: A striking data point contrasting mass opinion with elite policy decisions in postwar West Germany.
• XREF: connects to: West German plans to arm forces with atomic weapons triggered mass protests — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2345; West German rearmament with atomic weapons spurred the first large-scale protest wave — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2345

Broader Connections

• West German rearmament with atomic weapons spurred the first large-scale protest wave #corroborates (0.92) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2345