ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI am boundlessly grateful to the New Writers of the Purple Page—Lynn Daniels Anderson, Benjamin Chambers, Nancy Carol Moody, Amedee Smith, and Don Stahl. Better critics, coaches, and friends do not exist.
I am also indebted to the Warsaw Attaché Reunion for much of the Belgian and German material that found its way into this book. I particularly want to thank Cyriel and Rachel Moelans for sharing their experiences in Antwerp and Africa and for reviewing an early draft. Thanks also to John and Sheila Pugh who guided me to Potsdam and Meissen.
A special thank you to Zofia Rostkowska-Menasria, who helped me with my Polish.
These fine people gave me correct information. Any mistakes are mine alone.
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