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Adolph Schalk
The Germans
London: J. M. Dent, 1971

The Germans are the most misunderstood people in the world. — Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

In 1974 I was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany, doing my watch on the Main. At the PX, I wandered into the Stars and Stripes bookstore and browsed near the rack featuring The Stars and Stripes, Overseas Weekly, and the usual American mags.