▁by ▁Gl ant z ▁and ▁others . ▁ ▁Edward ▁B . ▁West ermann , ▁historian ▁and ▁author ▁of ▁Hitler ' s ▁Police ▁Batt al ions : ▁En for cing ▁Ra cial ▁War ▁in ▁the ▁East , ▁called ▁it ▁" A ▁super b ▁and ▁insight ful ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁pre med itated ▁manip ulation ▁of ▁history ▁and ▁memory ▁in ▁the ▁fabric ation ▁of ▁the ▁myth ▁of ▁a ▁' clean ▁We hr macht ' ." ▁He ▁further ▁stated ▁that ▁it ▁" Ex pert ly ▁ex poses ▁the ▁intersection ▁and ▁influence ▁of ▁popular ▁imagination , ▁politics , ▁and ▁popular ▁culture ▁in ▁the ▁re writing ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁army ' s ▁experience ▁in ▁World ▁War ▁Two ." ▁ ▁Benjamin ▁Al pers , ▁in ▁The ▁American ▁Historical ▁Review , ▁the ▁official ▁publication ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Historical ▁Association , ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁" present [ s ] ▁a ▁dis com fort ing ▁portrait ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁views ▁of ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Front ." ▁He ▁comm ended ▁the ▁authors ▁" for ▁expl oring ▁sources ▁such ▁as ▁website ▁and ▁war ▁games , ▁that , ▁while ▁usually ▁not ▁studied ▁by ▁histor ians , ▁are ▁places ▁where ▁Americans ▁encounter ▁and ▁en act ▁World ▁War   II ▁memory ". ▁However , ▁the ▁review ▁also ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁authors ' ▁analysis ▁of ▁their ▁material ▁" is ▁not ▁entirely ▁convin cing ", ▁and ▁also ▁observed ▁that ▁they ▁under play ed ▁key ▁diver gen ces ▁in ▁their ▁anal ogy ▁between ▁ne o - Conf eder ate ▁ideas ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War ▁and ▁the ▁myth ic ▁views