 His reputation for conducting a clean war was used in the interests of West German rearmament during the Cold War and the reconciliation between the former enemies—the United Kingdom and the United States on one side, and the new Federal Republic of Germany on the other.The 1950 biography "" and the 1953 publication of "The Rommel Papers" added to the myth, which has proven resilient to critical examination.The mythology surrounding Rommel has been the subject of analysis in recent decades.