Valkyrie : an insider's account of the plot to kill Hitler / Hans Bernd Gisevius ; translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston ; foreword by Allen W. Dulles ; introduction by Peter Hoffmann.
Abridgment of the full edition first published in Cambridge, Mass., in 1947 and republished, by Da Capo Press, in 1998 with a new introduction by Peter Hoffmann. Originally published in German in 1946. Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-17) and index.
Contents:
Toward the catastrophe : September 1939 to July 1944. The first feelers ; Three critical weeks ; The zither player ; The opposition ; Oppositional circles ; Groups and individuals ; Fruitless peace feelers, useless warnings ; Wasted years ; Severe setbacks ; The new dynamism -- Too late : July 20, 1944. Prelude ; July 20, 1944 -- Escape to the future.
Summary:
Provides an account of the unsuccessful military conspiracy against Adolf Hitler carried out by the generals on his staff in the summer of 1944.
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