▁to ▁write ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Front ▁to ▁help ▁develop ▁less ons ▁for ▁the ▁Americans ▁on ▁fighting ▁the ▁Rus si ans , ▁and ▁in ▁doing ▁so ▁they ▁provided ▁a ▁san it ized ▁version ▁of ▁events ". ▁However , ▁Fre ed man ▁also ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁this ▁invol vement ▁on ▁US ▁per ception s ▁of ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Front ▁was ▁less ▁clear . ▁The ▁review ▁by ▁Joseph ▁Robert ▁White , ▁titled ▁" A ▁No ble ▁But ▁S is yp he an ▁E ff ort ", ▁concluded ▁by ▁qu oting ▁the ▁book ' s ▁closing ▁sentence : ▁" The ▁' good ▁German ' ▁seems ▁dest ined ▁for ▁an ▁et ernal ▁life ". ▁White ▁observed ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁" should ▁non eth eless ▁provide ▁food ▁for ▁thought ▁in ▁class room ▁discuss ions ▁about ▁the ▁German ▁army ", ▁but ▁noted ▁that ▁an ▁assumption ▁of ▁special ized ▁knowledge ▁and ▁the ▁con com it ant ▁lack ▁of ▁a ▁chapter ▁about ▁war ▁cr imes ▁committed ▁by ▁the ▁We hr macht ▁und erm ined ▁the ▁authors ' ▁efforts ▁to ▁challenge ▁the ▁myth . ▁ ▁Histor ian ▁Lawrence ▁N . ▁Pow ell ▁l ament ed ▁in ▁his ▁review ▁how ▁" The ▁swift ness ▁with ▁which ▁Cold ▁War ▁America ▁emb rac ed ▁van qu ished ▁Naz i ▁officers , ▁along ▁with ▁their ▁san it ization ▁of ▁We hr macht ▁criminal ity ▁on ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Front , ▁is ▁a ▁ch illing ▁rem inder ▁of ▁how ▁historical ▁memory ▁often ▁follows ▁the ▁flag ." ▁He ▁comm ended ▁the ▁two ▁authors , ▁saying ▁that ▁they