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The Good War

Studs Terkel

“The Good War”: An Oral History of World War II

Studs Terkel

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The Good War Book 4, Section 3 Summary & Analysis

“Telford Taylor” Summary

A leading prosecutor in the Nuremberg trials, Telford discusses the trials and his impression of the Nazi war criminals prosecuted in them.

“Arno Mayer” Summary

A Jewish professor of history, Arno had in the military served as an aide for high-ranking German prisoners of war. He also worked on getting German scientists to relocate to the United States and work for the US government. Finally, Arno discusses his views of the Cold War, namely the Cold War actually began after World War I with the Allied forces intervening in Russia.

“Erhard Dabringhaus” Summary

Erhard Dabringhaus was an intelligence officer who interrogated German POWs in Britain. He remarks that there was resistance to the idea that Russia, the United States’s greatest ally against Germany, was suddenly America’s enemy in the Cold War.

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