Hans-Albrecht Schraepler served as a German diplomat in Saigon, Beijing, Paris, Mali, Liberia and the Ivory Coast. He was Director of Information for the Council of Europe and a member of London’s Royal College of Defence Studies. Denis Showalter has been a Professor of History at Colorado College since 1985. His recent publications include Patton and Rommel and Hindenburg: Icon of German Militarism.