Winning the Peace: The British in Occupied Germany, 1945-1948
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GIs and Germans: Culture, Gender, and Foreign Relations, 1945-1949
At the end of World War II roughly 300,000 American GIs were deployed as occupation forces in Germany. Many of them quickly developed intimate relations with their former enemies. Those informal interactions played a significant role in the transformation of Germany from enemy to ally of the United States, argues Petra Goedde in this study. Goedde finds that as American soldiers fraternized with German civilians, particularly as they formed sexual relationships with women, they developed a feminised image of Germany that contrasted sharply with their wartime image of the aggressive Nazi stormtrooper. A perception of German "victimhood" emerged that was fostered by the German population and adopted by Americans. According to Goedde, this new view of Germany provided a foundation for the political rapprochement that developed between the two countries even before the advent of the Cold War. Her provocative findings suggest that the study of foreign relations should focus on interactions not only between politicians and diplomats but also between ordinary citizens.
Amphotericin B microspheres: A therapeutic approach to minimize toxicity while maintaining antifungal efficacy
Amphotericin B microsphere formulations with and without addition of polyethylene glycol 2000 in cross-linked bovine serum albumin were prepared. Amphotericin B microspheres were characterized for particle size (<5 µm), zeta potential (∼30 mV) and drug interaction by DSC and FTIR and were found to be stable formulations. Drug release profiles for these microspheres revealed that the release was primarily by diffusion. In vitro toxicity as assessed by release of haemoglobin and potassium demonstrated no toxic effect as compared with conventional solution formulation. Antifungal activity in vitro was comparable to solution formulation when tested by broth dilution method.