ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thisbookcouldnothavebeenresearchedandwrittenwithoutagreat
deal ofhelp.TheClassof 1941 MemorialEndowmentatClemson
University,alongwithothermoniesandasabbaticalleavefromthe
university,mademuchoftheresearchtravelpossibleandhavebeen
helpfulininnumerableotherways. Also, agrantfromtheNational
EndowmentfortheHumanitiesthatIreceivedfor apreviousproject
assistedtheresearchforthisstudy.
ArchivistsattheNationalArchivesandRecordsAdministration
inWashington,D.C., as well astheYaleUniversityLibraryatNew
Haven(Connecticut),theMilitaryHistoryInstituteoftheU.s.Army
WarCollegeatCarlisleBarracks(Pennsylvania),thePublicRecord
OfficeatKew(nearLondon),theIndiaOfficeLibraryandRecordsin
London,andthePoliticalArchiveoftheGermanForeignMinistry
(PolitischesArchivdesAuswartigenAmts)inBonnwere allcourte-
ousandhelpful,eitherbyfindingfor medocumentsintheirarchival
collectionsor byansweringmyinquiries,inpersonor inwriting,about
theirholdings.Iamalsoindebtedto theinterlibraryloandepart-
mentattheR. M.CooperLibraryofClemsonUniversity.
TheHooverInstitutiononWar,Revolution,andPeaceatStanford
Universityholdsamajorcollectionofthediariesandpapersofa key
sourceforthisstudy-aGermanconsularandintelligenceagent,Curt
Prufer.Iamparticularlygratefulto hisson,OlafH.PruferofKent,
Ohio,whogenerouslymadethesematerialsavailableto mebefore
givingthemto theHooverInstitution.Also, severalscholarshave
readall orportionsofthecompletedmanuscriptandhavemadesug-
gestionsforrevision;IwouldespeciallyliketothankGeorgeO. Kent,
WilliamOchsenwald,]amesA.Miller,andSylviaHaim.
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