Physical Description
viii, 984 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Part 1: Roots 1918-1923
"Our time will come again'
"if only there could be fighting again'
Fighting the November criminals
Beer Hall revolution
Part 2: The years of struggle 1924-1933
Regrouping
A star in the making
"Chief Bandit of Berlin'
"We come as enemies'
"SS-Man, your loyalty is your honour'
"Now the chess game for power begins'
The turning point
Part 3: Power and Revolution 1933-1936
Power
Co-ordination
The end of the Brown Revolution
Night of the Long Knives
"We always approve everything out Führer does'
The four-year plan
Part 4: The greater German Reich 1937-1939
The Blomberg-Fritsch Affair
Anschluss
The Sudentenland Crisis
Kristallnacht
'I'll cook them a stew that they'll choke on'
'I have the world in my pocket'
'If we lose this war, then God have mercy on us'
Part 5: War: Germany triumphant
Blitzkrieg
'Yellow'
Eagles and sea lions
'The whole world will hold its breath'
'The greatest deception operation in military history'
Barbarossa
Part 6: War: defeat
The final solution
The beginning of the end
'Do you want total war?'
'Call me Meier!'
Last throw of the dice
Götterdämmerung
The end of the road.
ISBN
0393048004
Notes
"Originally published in Great Britain under the title The Devil's disciples: the lives and times of Hitler's inner circle."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [926]-956) and index.
Part 1: Roots 1918-1923 -- "Our time will come again' -- "if only there could be fighting again' -- Fighting the November criminals -- Beer Hall revolution -- Part 2: The years of struggle 1924-1933 -- Regrouping -- A star in the making -- "Chief Bandit of Berlin' -- "We come as enemies' -- "SS-Man, your loyalty is your honour' -- "Now the chess game for power begins' -- The turning point -- Part 3: Power and Revolution 1933-1936 -- Power -- Co-ordination -- The end of the Brown Revolution -- Night of the Long Knives -- "We always approve everything out Führer does' -- The four-year plan -- Part 4: The greater German Reich 1937-1939 -- The Blomberg-Fritsch Affair -- Anschluss -- The Sudentenland Crisis -- Kristallnacht -- 'I'll cook them a stew that they'll choke on' -- 'I have the world in my pocket' -- 'If we lose this war, then God have mercy on us' -- Part 5: War: Germany triumphant -- Blitzkrieg -- 'Yellow' -- Eagles and sea lions -- 'The whole world will hold its breath' -- 'The greatest deception operation in military history' -- Barbarossa -- Part 6: War: defeat -- The final solution -- The beginning of the end -- 'Do you want total war?' -- 'Call me Meier!' -- Last throw of the dice -- Götterdämmerung -- The end of the road.