In his book, Paul writes as an eyewitness to many of the world-shaking events that characterized the first half of the 20th century as he travels through a war ravaged Europe. His extraordinary adventures include a first person account of the fall of Berlin to the Russian Army, the beginning of the Cold War at a place that becomes famous as “Checkpoint Charlie,” facing starvation on the streets of Stalin’s Berlin, outwitting the Soviet NKVD as a young boy in a daring rescue (brokered by the CIA and elements within the Catholic church) of his father from Soviet captivity. He leaves home to live a young man’s romantic adventure as a Gaucho herder on Argentina’s Pampas and Patagonia in the 1950s — experiences that serve to strengthen his long-held plans of immigration to the United States in 1954.

Woven throughout American by Choice are subtly telling comparisons between the totalitarian methods of political manipulation that characterized Paul’s experiences under Nazi, Soviet, and Argentinean dictatorships, and the methods that increasingly characterize our own political life – including attacks on gun ownership, civil rights, family structure, faith based education, and political correctness.

Most significantly, American by Choice is the story of a young boy’s conversion from a state controlled totalitarian mindset to one that embraces the constitutional principles of free choice and self-determination, a conversion initiated by the subtle counters provided by his family and eight British prisoners of war whom he befriended as a child. His story culminates in a life-long celebration of America that began in 1945 with the entry into Berlin of the U.S. Army’s Second Armored Division, Hell on Wheels, to whose soldiers he dedicates this book.

Something readers will want to know: What did his high ranking father know and when did he know it, referring, of course, to the Holocaust, but also to Germany’s weapons of mass destruction? You'll have to read the book to find out that answer.

Says Paul, "It wasn't until recently that I chose to read the transcripts of my father's testimony at the Nuremberg Trials. I knew I was going to write this book some day, and my purpose was to write it as I remembered that hard time, not as it might have been influenced by post-war 20/20 hindsight."

When asked why he wrote the book, Paul gave a startling answer, "There are several reasons, but one in particular conferred the main impetus: Immigrants both, my wife and I have together won in the American arena of life, but finally only after significant losses along the way. Only in our country is it still possible to achieve by sheer determination. No other country in the world enjoys a governmental system like ours coupled to a free market. We are constrained, and at the same time freed by a handful of ingeniously conceived founding documents. Alas, it is also clear to anyone willing to open their eyes that an ever-growing number of opportunistic politicians, judges, the media, and academics are changing the American political dialogue to an ideologically socialist challenge to our constitutional principles. These advocates of “Change” tout the economically failing socialist governments of Western Europe. By sidelining American principle, this kind of liberal activism increasingly endangers the liberties conveyed to us in our constitution by directly threatening our natural economy, and consequently, our defense posture. Freedom is the acceptance of responsibility—socialist welfare states represent dependence. When I was growing up, the country of my birth pursued precisely such a path to “Change”; the word was Richtung! Instead of following established constitutional paths, Germans began to look to their political parties for quick redress of perceived disparities. In direct consequence power shifted from State and National government to the parties and a struggle for perpetual dominance became one of winner take all. I wrote my story as eyewitness and survivor of the human disaster to which it led, and to share that experience with my fellow Americans!”

For those interested in a first hand account of one of the most important historical periods in our history, but even more importantly, how the United States still offers unique opportunity to any young person willing to work hard, American by Choice is a must-read.

To learn more, visit www.paulgschreiber.com.