Schlosser - Cold War on the airwaves: the radio propaganda war against East Germany

This book is about the radio war that occurred in Berlin between America and East Germany during the Cold War. The project would not have been possible without the invaluable assistance of the many colleagues, friends, and family members who assisted me in the research and writing.

First, I am indebted to the archivists who helped guide me through the vast collections of records and documents upon which this book is based: Amy Schmidt at the National Archives; the staff of the Marshall Research Library at the Virginia Military Institute; Ingrid Pietrzynski and Jrg-Uwe Fischer at the Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv; Lydia Kiesling at the Landesarchiv Berlin; Martin Bumgrtel at Deutschlandradio; Andreas Michaelis at the Deutsches Historisches Museum; the staff at the Bundesarchiv in Berlin and Koblenz; Michael Schneider and Barbara Richter at the Archiv fr Sozialdemokratie in Bonn; and the staff of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library.

Most of the research for this book was carried out with the support of the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies at the Freie Universitt Berlin. That foundation not only provided me with the funds necessary for conducting research but also afforded me the opportunity to meet and work with a wonderful cohort of scholars. They include Erika Hughes, Michael Meng, Jennifer Miller, J. Griffith Rollefson, Gregory Shealy, and Gregory Witkowski. I am also thankful to many scholars I met during my time in Berlin who provided advice and insightful comments on my work: David Barclay, Gisela Beck, Christoph Classen, Inge Marolek, and Hans-Ulrich Wagner.