Pt. I. 171 days: a fragment of autobiography -- Battle -- Counterattack -- Inside the Third Reich -- Interrogation -- Germany from a boxcar -- Oflag -- 350 miles -- Lager Hammelburg -- Deceptive freedom -- A walking tour of Bavaria in the Springtime -- In the U.S. Army again -- Pt. II. A quarter century later: reflection and exploration -- Conscience and history -- The mystic chords of memory -- Five patriots -- The instrumental meaning of war -- The expressive meaning of war -- The quest of a kingdom.