Includes index.

Occupation and military government begin -- Commanders in Chief meet in Berlin -- Heads of state meet in Potsdam -- Military government finds its place -- The way to democracy : rebuilding government in the American zone -- The Control Council functions -- The Control Council stands still -- The Control Council falters -- We join the British and American zones -- Financial and economic reconstruction before currency reform -- Financial and economic reconstruction after currency reform -- Administration in the United States zone -- The restoration of law and order -- Food and health for the German people -- The way to democracy : the appeal to the German mind -- Restitution -- Security -- The Control Council breaks up -- Berlin is blockaded by land and water -- The airlift breaks the blockade -- Paving the way to West German government -- The way to West German government.