 Young's biography was another step in the development of the Rommel myth, with Rommel emerging as an active, if not a leading, plotter.Speidel contributed as well, starting, from the early 1950s, to bring up Rommel's and his own role in the plot, thus boosting Speidel's suitability for a future role in the new military force of the Federal Republic, the Bundeswehr, and then in NATO.The book was not without its detractors.