... English texts (the use of the present participle in "grundstuerzende Revolution" is not a common German usage?). Meinecke, soon to accept the rectorship of the Free University of Berlin, an institute founded with the blessing of General Clay himself, would certainly have quite an incentive for inobjectivity as the foremost western scholar on the Cold War's front line. The introduction to the book also provides an important insight into Meinecke's life during the period. Meinecke says that he was "durch ein Augenleiden behindert" and had to rely "fast auf mein Gedaechtnis." He notes that the book should not only be read as the product of a handicapped author but as just one part of the picture, and that the book was not only answering the questions it posed itself, but also acting as a medium for recording phrases, quotes and sayings of prominent persons of the era which might otherwise ...

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