"The publication of Chancellor Ludwig Erhard's memoirs more than 45 years after his death is a minor sensation. The text from 1976 is an unsparing reckoning with political opponents and false friends in his own party. Above all, however, the script impresses with its incredible topicality. Ludwig Erhard describes the FDP as the brakeman who drives every coalition partner to despair. He criticizes the new federal debt, complains about excessive lobbying, rails against the GroKo and writes that we must not leave the main burden for Europe's security to the USA."
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie has provided the script with an introduction, brief notes and an introductory essay.