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Author:

King, David, 1970- author.

Title:

The trial of Adolf Hitler : the Beer Hall Putsch and the rise of Nazi Germany / David King.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xxi, 455 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Hitler, Adolf,--1889-1945--Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Treason)--Munich.--Munich.
Germany--History--Beer Hall Putsch, 1923.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- Part I: The beer hall. Bürgerbräukeller -- Starving trillionaires -- Four bullets -- German Ulysses -- "Loud, raw, and screeching" -- Sparkling metropolis -- Harvard's gift -- The new regime -- "Safely delivered" -- Counter-Putsch -- Initiative -- Barbarian hordes -- Midnight in Munich -- Ordinance no. 264 -- "I am not a coward" -- Hour of decision -- In the courtyard -- Hitler's foreign legion -- Blood land -- Flight -- Hostage ordeal -- New November criminals -- Testament -- Curtains -- Trials before the trial -- Part II: The courtroom. "We will not hurt Germany" -- Defendent Hitler -- Confessions and distortions -- Behind closed doors -- The defense attacks -- A masterpiece of ignorance -- Cup of bitterness -- Dr. Frick -- First witnesses -- The prosecutor's misfortunes -- Priorities -- "Peculiar gentlemen" -- A dangerous game -- Avoiding the rubble -- Day thirteen -- A Putsch, not a Putsch -- Blow-up -- Hints -- Hitler's bodyguard takes the stand -- Volte-face -- "Good times for traitors" -- From Munich to Valhalla -- Final words -- Endings and beginnings -- Nomen est omen -- Part III: Prison. Caesar in cell 7 -- Face-to-face -- Lies, stupidity, and cowardice -- "A perpetual danger" -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

0393241696
9780393241693

OCLC:

(OCoLC)959875327

LCCN:

2017008985

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