Hell's Cartel_IG Farben and the Making of Hitler's War Machine

by Diarmuid Jeffreys

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  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  I could not have written this book without the help, support, and encouragement of a great many people and I am very pleased to have the opportunity to record my appreciation.