MDDM18: German

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>"There, over the Evening, he will find, among the
>Clientele, German Enthusiasts ..." (M&D, Ch. 30, p.
>298)

>But what IS the deal with "German" here?

Is that an enthusiastic German, or, someone who's
enthusiastic about things German, as in memorabilia,
like "Iron Crosses," e.g.? I think that signifier originated
sometime around the Napoleonic era, too.

Since, apparently, the elevated discussion at the F-d-L
permits time warps, There is also:

[A Cross of Iron: Harry S. Truman and the Origins of the
National Security State 1945-1954. Cambridge: Cambridge 
University Press,1998. 525 pp. plus Biblio, Notes and Index.]

Published after M&D- the coffee isn't THAT good- but the
title apparently coming from s speech by a less than
enthusiastic Ike, in 1953, from the review:

{Hogan briefly discussed Eisenhower's role during the early Cold 
War period. Although they conflicted bitterly during the election 
of 1952, Eisenhower's military and national security policy 
varied little from Truman's. Eisenhower's "New Look' policy 
balanced economic priorities against national security policy 
much like Truman's. Hogan does take his title from a 1953
Eisenhower speech:

"As a result of the Cold War, Eisenhower concluded,
humanity was "hanging from a cross of iron," with 
"every gun that is made, every warship launched, 
every rocket fired" signifying "a theft from those 
who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and 
are not clothed.""(417).

Michael Hogan's work meticulously discusses the politics 
of the federal defense budget and congressional battles 
of national security and containment during the 1940's and 
1950's. These seemingly nominal events defined Cold War 
America and continue to define American foreign policy.}

http://vi.uh.edu/pages/buzzmat/hogan4.htm

And since we've been invited to look into things
half, i.e., become half hunters, i.e., blow the cover
off of time, here, can't help but be reminded of
Lennon's poison pill to all interpretation (but maybe 
not!), in particular the lyrics:

   Looking through the bent backed tulips
        To see how the other half live
          Looking through a glass onion...

and,

      Standing on the cast iron shore-yeah
   Lady Madonna trying to make ends meet-yeah
         Looking through a glass onion.

Might be a psychedelic F-d-L, no?