Oskar Groening, at 94, is one of a shrinking pool of former Nazi leaders
The main point of the excerpt is that readers should be aware of the damage that the war has done to a generation of men who were impacted by it, and read the book with this idea in mind.
The epigraph wants to make sure that readers who approach this book do it with the same purpose as the one with which the author wrote it. He does not want the readers to think of this book as an accusation, a confession or an adventure.
It looks as if he is replying back to them about a situation that got him confined during "constructive": work as he talk about himself and his work while asking or waiting for an answer back .
Not really decorated in that sense as making them look "good" i guess, but they were mostly leather bound and covered in tar to help preserve the wood.
Hope this Helps!
Answer: In two Major Ways
Explanation: The Cold War affected domestic policy two ways: socially and economically. Socially, the intensive indoctrination of the American people led to a regression of social reforms. Economically, enormous growth spurred by industries related to war was aided by heavy government expansion.
