When I Was a German 1934 1945 or A Creative Tension

When I Was a German, 1934-1945: An Englishwoman in Nazi Germany

Author: Christabel Bielenberg

This fascinating glimpse of Nazi Germany is provided by an Englishwoman who was fluent in German and at home in German society, yet not entirely of it. Christabel Bielenberg moved from passive to active resistance as Hitler seized power and the Nazi dictatorship clamped down.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	7
	Dramatis Personae	9
	Prologue	13
	The Years Before	16
Pt. I	Berlin
	The Blockwart	51
	Cold Interlude	61
	A Dinner Party	77
	Our Neighbours	82
	A Dangerous Tea Party	89
	A Hospital in Bad Aussee	94
	Star of David	110
Pt. II	Rohrbach in the Black Forest
	Our Arrival in Rohrbach	117
	The Terwiel Story	127
	Invasionitis	132
	Adam	138
	The American Airman	147
	The Plot of July 20th	156
	Russian Interlude	180
	A Journey to Berlin	184
	Berlin	195
	Lexi	202
	A Visit to Ravensbruck Concentration Camp	213
	Interrogation in the Prinz Albrechtstrasse	225
	Return to Rohrbach	240
	Peter's Return	252
	Peter's Story	256
	The End	266

A Creative Tension: The Foreign Policy Roles of the President and Congress

Author: Lee H Hamilton

A Creative Tension is a fresh look at the foreign policy roles of Congress and the president by one of the most astute congressional practitioners of foreign policy of recent decades, former U.S. representative and chairman of the House International Relations Committee Lee H. Hamilton. With an insider's perspective based on thirty-four years in Congress, Hamilton elucidates current domestic and international pressures influencing U.S. foreign policy, strengths and weaknesses in the foreign policy process, and ways to improve the performance of the president and Congress. A Creative Tension argues persuasively and elegantly that better consultation between the executive and legislative branches is the most effective way to strengthen American foreign policy.

A Creative Tension is the most extensive analysis of the congressional and presidential roles in foreign policy by a former member of Congress. Hamilton explores the topic in an original, stimulating, and accessible manner by deftly mixing incisive commentary with illuminating personal reflections. The book includes timely and important recommendations for improving the ability of Congress and the president to develop a foreign policy that meets the challenges and opportunities of a post-September 11 world. It should be of interest to foreign policy makers, scholars and students of American politics, and the general public.Wilson Forum