Five months in Berlin : letters of Edgar N. Johnson from occupied Germany /

In 1946, Edgar N. Johnson, later Professor of European History at the University of Nebraska, served as a political advisor for the American military government in Berlin. In diary-like letters, he described his meetings with important actors in American occupation politics such as General Lucius D....

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Main Author: Johnson, Edgar Nathaniel, 1901-1969 (Author)
Other Authors: Breunig, Werner, 1956- (Editor), Wetzel, Jürgen (Editor), Anderson, Sage (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2020]
Series:Publication Series of the Landesarchiv Berlin ; volume 21.
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Summary:In 1946, Edgar N. Johnson, later Professor of European History at the University of Nebraska, served as a political advisor for the American military government in Berlin. In diary-like letters, he described his meetings with important actors in American occupation politics such as General Lucius D. Clay, many representatives of the other occupying powers and leading German political and cultural figures.
Item Description:The German edtion was published in 2014 with the title "Fünf Monate in Berlin,. Briefe von Edgar N. Johnson aus dm Jahre 1946."
Physical Description:464 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [441]-456) and index.
ISBN:9783110646818
3110646811