Author:
Gole, Henry G., 1933-
ImprintLexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2013]
Descriptionxiv, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:1. Patrician Heritage -- 2. Over There -- 3. Deutschland and Yearning -- 4. Civil Affairs and Romance on the Rhine -- 5. Berlin, Munich, and Hitler in Weimar Germany -- 6. Years of Preparation -- 7. Marshall's Men -- 8. Army War College and Command -- 9. Hitler Takes Power -- 10. Hitler's Germany -- 11. Kay, Germany, and Ambassador Dodd -- 12. Hitler Arms, Smith Reports -- 13. Smith's Trojan Horse -- 14. The Lindbergh-Smith Friendship -- 15. Hitler Is Ready -- 16. Welcome Home -- 17. Smith as "Strategicus" -- 18. Wartime Washington -- 19. The Road to German Rearmament -- 20. Politics, Travel, and Writing -- 21. Retrospective and a Graceful Exit -- Appendix A: Losses in Smith's 4th Infantry, October 1918 -- Appendix B: Smith to his sister on the death of his daughter, 1923 -- Appendix C: Marshall on Smith's Berlin reporting and dignity -- Appendix D: The German-British bombing pause, Christmas 1940 -- Appendix E: Marshall on Smith's assessment of the Balkans, 1943 -- Appendix F: Smith on the situation in Europe, May 1944 -- Appendix G: Marshall saves a German general -- Appendix H: Smith on the German army, 1963 -- Appendix I: Smith'sletter to Brigitta von Schell, 1967 -- Appendix J: Smith to Marshall on Smith's retirement -- Appendix K: Obituary, Katharine Alling Hollister Smith.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-393) and index.
Note:An American aristocrat from a prominent New England family, Truman Smith was first assigned to Germany in 1919 and soon became known as a regional expert. During his second spell in the country as a military attache in 1935, he arranged for his friend Charles Lindbergh to inspect the Luftwaffe, enabling Smith to gather key intelligence about the German air capability. His savvy cultivation of relationships rendered him invaluable throughout his service, but his friendliness with Germany also aroused suspicion that he was a Nazi sympathizer. Gole demonstrates that in fact Smith predicted many of the Nazis' moves years in advance.
