Serials, clippings, bulletins, and photocopies of speeches and reports, relating to post-World War II German military history, and especially to the West German army. In part, used as research material for the Ph.D. dissertation of D. Abenheim, "A Valid Heritage: The Policy on Military Tradition in the Emergence of the Bundeswehr, 1950-1965" (Stanford University, 1985). Includes drafts of the dissertation.

154 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 7 slide boxes (62.7 linear feet)

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