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In Hitler's Generals in America, Derek R. Mallett examines the development of the partnership between American officers and the Wehrmacht general officers they performed as prisoners of conflict in america between 1943 and 1946. Through the early on years of the conflict, British officers spied on the German officers in their guardianship, property them in beautiful estates different from enlisted troops, providing them with servants and cooks, and sometimes becoming their confidants to be able to obtain intelligence. The People in america, on the other hands, lacked the category awareness distributed by English and German officers. They dismissed their German general officer prisoners, refusing them any special treatment.By the end of the conflict, however, america had started to envision itself as a world power rather than one of the allies providing aid during wartime. Mallett demonstrates how a growing admiration for the German officers' prowess and armed forces traditions, coupled with postwar anxiety about Soviet intentions, drove Washington to collaborate numerous Wehrmacht general officers. Drawing on newly available sources, this intriguing booklet vividly demonstrates how People in america undertook the sophisticated procedure for reconceptualizing Germans?even Nazi generals?as allies against what they perceived as their new opponent, the Soviet Union. The booklet is published by The School Press of Kentucky."An exciting new treatment of the 'captive brain.'" (Günter Bischof, Marshall Plan Teacher of History and Director of CenterAustria at the School of New Orleans)"Stunning in its breadth and clarity." (Robert C. Doyle, author of The Enemy in Our Hands: America's Treatment of Prisoners of Conflict from the Trend to the Conflict on Terror)"Mallett's provocative analysis… makes for intriguing reading." (Robert D. Billinger Jr., author of Nazi POWs in the Tar Heel Condition)
