been the mindset of governance, an age-old problem. Normally,
all attention is focused on winning the war with little thought
given to the peace. For this reason, the occupation’s success did
not rest solely on US policymaking. A key factor that deter-
mined the occupation's success was the attitude of the occupied.
To the German people, occupation appeared as the only viable
means to rebuild their war-torn and starving country. In fact,
most Germans welcomed th