This is a wonderfully introspective book, written by the intellectually driven Prof. Post. There are similarities to 'Remembrance of Things Past', by Marcel Proust. The obvious exceptions are Post's evident heterosexuality and the length of the works. Post is continually in search for his identity and his role in the world, which is apparently a dynamic of his life. The level of detail is at times a bit overwhelming, especially in his military sojourn in Germany, although this is also a crucial episode, not only in his life, but in the search for meaning of 'the cold war son'. He has a most wonderful interaction with his close knit family and his constant search for the meaning of his mother's psychological collapse during and post WWII, appears to be a driving force in his search for the meaning of his life. This is truly a gripping rendition of a man's struggle with his own psychology and a glimpse of the world events surrounding his formative years of identity.

Interesting book by former German chancelor Helmut Schmidt about his experiences with nations and leaders while he was in power during 1974 to 1982. He is along with former French President Valery Giscard D'Estain the founder of the European Monetary Union (Ecu, later EURO) and thinks that most of the current brokers on Wall Street are crazy psycopaths, who drive US economy to a big crash!

this is one of the best books on the market concerning this unexplored area.The photos are clear and detailed. The story is well written and includes where the surviving cars are today and when you can see them in person. The bibliography is also a wealth of furthur information. One thing- you have to get the dust jacket with this book, the photo is fantastic.

This is my favorite book on the '109, and I've seen many. It has great photographs of two restored 109's. One is the Mark Hanna restored G-10 on the cover, and the other is a G-2 tropical. My favorite are the closups of the 2,000 HP DB 605D engine showing the huge supercharger and cannon. Also of note are the stories and modern reunion photographs of two aces with this plane, one being #2 ace Gunther Rall. Fantastic. To sum up, a great picture book, but with good text (14 large page small print history at front of book)...not comprehensive as far as blow by blow combat accounts, but a great look at a great plane. Thanks.

I am a philosophy major at NU and I have read a LOT of philosophy and a LOT of social science literature, and McCumber's theory more than any other I have read describes what happened. I won't go into the involved details, but you should at least take my word and read the book.

...SINCE 1979, @ the Family History Library in Salt Lake City & @ Family History Centers in the USA & Germany, I have both voluntarily & professionally helped hundreds of patrons & clients solve hundreds of Germanic-European cases.

TO CRACK/SOLVE cases, I use not just one, but TWO gazetteers of the entire German Empire:
Meyers Orts= und Verkehrs=lexikon des Deutschen Reichs is a bit superior to the similar Neumanns Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs. Therefore, Meyers is THE source book used by the cataloging department of the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, UTah. Don't be dissuaded in any way by the name of the church or whether you are not of the same faith. If you are seeking German parochial records (aka parish registers) in the FHL Catalog, you will need to follow their lead.

NEUMANNS gazetteer has some highly interesting historical notes not found in Meyers. Meyers has some statistical data not found in Neumanns. Meyers also seems to have more entries & listings, but I have not quantified.

BOTH can be used to narrow down from which--for example--Marbeck (or was that Marbach?) your ancestor originated. Meyers usually--but not always--has the advantage over Neumanns.

CAVEAT (or what WON'T Meyers {or Neumanns} tell me?): While Meyers (& Neumanns) might indicate whether a particular village had its own Evangelical (Lutheran) or Catholic parish, IF the location was too small to warrant its own parish, neither Meyers nor Neumanns gazetteers will PROVIDE the name of the actual parish. This must be done in actual provincial gazetteers. The province, e.g. Sachsen, CAN be obtained from Meyers. There were a few different Sachsen gazetteers, but that research challenge will not be discussed here. Once the village is found within the provincial gazetteer, then its Evangelical or Lutheran parish can be ascertained & looked-up in the Family History Library Catalog online or on a disk.

...GOT ACCESS to the MICROFICHE, but not the book? WHY $300? For those needing to look up more than just a few places, this source is worth every bit of $300. No serious researcher, research library or Family History Center should be without it, both in microfiche & book form. The book is superior to the fiche because of ease of use & due to its having the two-page maps, which I believe are in color.

NEUMANNS? First, get MEYERS. I got my Neumanns @ a used book store during one of my 7 research trips behind the Iron Curtain. Regardless of which gazetteer you use, ensure that its publication date pre-dates WW1. My Neumanns is 1905 & has 2-page color maps of large towns. I believe this is what is available in Ray Wright's publication of Meyers. Ray's book also has other great explanatory features not found in the original books.
Whatever gazetteer you use, ensure that its publication date pre-dates WW1...

Michael returns home to Germany from the front lines of both Russian and French battle-fields and begins studying at a university where he meets Hertha Holk, whom he describes as "a beautiful woman! Blondish-brown hair, silky soft, in a heavy knot on the back of that wonderful neck...she peers deamily out a window...suddenly, she turns around to me, and I look into a pair of large, grayish-green enigmas." His writing style paints visionary & emotional pictures in the reader's mind; "Hertha Holk: I read the name in her notebook. How much closer just a name brings us. We are no longer strangers even though we have not exchanged a single word."

Throughout the novel, it is Goebbels himself I picture in Michael's place; when he and Hertha exchange their first kiss, as the two talk repeatedly about politics & philosophy...and their powerful love for each other, as he watches a seeming prototype of Hitler speak, when he meets & befriends young Gustav Adolf on an island vacation, as he debates with his friend Ivan Vienurovsky & best friend Richard, when he flies into a rage & destroys a play he's written after Hertha leaves him, and as he toils away in a worker's pit. The last 1/3 of the novel is absent Hertha Holk (a character who's inspiration was Goebbels' real-life true love, Anka Stalherm), and I found myself wishing her return. The only downside of this book is the anti-Semitism in some diary entries, which I'd much rather read in Goebbels' WWII essays. The polemics stick out like sore thumbs perhaps because the book was completed before Goebbels joined the NSDAP and it later saw many revisions to include the Nazi philosophy as well as Hertha Holk's minor emotional turmoil, before actually being picked up by a publisher and mass-produced.

All in all, it's a surprisingly good read (written mostly in a diary form--it is said to be taken largely from Goebbels' own personal diaries of 1919 & 1920, which no longer exist), perhaps because it bears many similarities to Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther," with fairly well developed characters, and an ending that sounds cliched if you're told it before-hand, but pulls at your gut once you've read it for yourself. An excellent addition to any WWII history class, and highly recommended to those interested in what was truly the 'roaring 20s'--the 20s in Germany.

Once you've bought a Michelin map you'll never go back. Country names are offered in multiple languages (including the native language of that country as well as English). I navigated all over Germany and Austria with this map and we didn't have a single problem. Now I keep buying more and more of them and refuse to use any other brand. Michelin maps are printed one sided (which you may see as a plus or a minus).

The tour book is full of information, color illustrations, maps, information that many tour books are without. The book has flaps that can be used as markers. The information is excellant in comparison to frommer, fodor, and lost planet. They include history of the country, even detailed information on the smaller towns, places to stay, activities and even shopping for the female readers. I feel this is the best guide for germany.

Many books have been written on Cold-War Germany, but this one is unique. Schindler, an American married to a German pastor, was there; this is no second-hand account. She brings alive the day-to-day tensions and struggles of a time and place in history that changed forever when the Wall came down in 1989. It is full of fascinating details that only Schindler's book has so far given us. I sensed that there is more to tell, and I hope she will write a sequel.