Germany, Reference, History, Academic Libraries, General, Europe 

The essays in this volume, which are based primarily on the captured German documents in the National Archives, deal with several of the major topics in recent German and European history: German intelligence operations in the United States during the first World War; the controversies over Ernst V. Weizsaecker and Kurt Waldheim; German occupation policies and the German resistance to Hitler; Allied attempts to re-educate the Germans at the end of the second World War, and German plans for a post-War German government.These essays also illustrate the benefits of a close-working relationship between historians and archivists and demonstrate how great an influence archivists can have on the work of historians. As Don Wilson points out in the preface to this volume, "Books about archives, archivists, and the role they play in the writing of history are rare indeed...." This is such a book and its value and significance lie in its ability to acquaint the reader with some of the problems archivists and historians are facing at the present time; this understanding should lead, in turn, to a better appreciation of the writing of history and the administration of archives. - from Amzon