he's in leipzig. he has a wonderful time. the germans are marvelous sweet young people. .. and here is his daughter who, in effect trough falls in love at first. i realize that the two stories provided an ideal vehicle for traveling through that time. i would not have wanted to write about william dodd alone. i'm not a fan of diplomatic histories. i would not have wanted to write only about martha, i'm not sure i could sustain an entire book. the two together captured something much bigger, i think. both provide convergence windows, and both undergo a very satisfying just permission in the course of that very first year, which is what most of the action, summer of 33-summer of 34 when something quite horrific occurs. the united states and the rest of the world should have paid much more attention but failed to do so. so i realize that the stories released satellite if you are looking for a lot more fundamental reason for doing this story. they shed light on why it took so long for america and the world to our real to -- to realize the true danger of hitler and why appeaseme