The Plots Against Hitler

Orbach, Danny

ISBN 10: 1328745678 / ISBN 13: 9781328745675

Verlag: Mariner Books, 2017

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1328745678-3-27223096

Inhaltsangabe:

“[A] gripping look at a historical counternarrative that remains relevant and disturbing.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Superb.” — Publishers Weekly

The first definitive account of the anti-Nazi underground in Germany

 

“A riveting narrative of the organization, conspiracy, and sacrifices made by those who led the resistance against Hitler. Orbach deftly analyzes the mixed motives, moral ambiguities and organizational vulnerability that marked their work, while reminding us forcefully of their essential bravery and rightness. And he challenges us to ask whether we would have summoned the same courage.” — Charles S. Maier, professor of history, Harvard University, and author of Among Empires

 

In 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. A year later, all political parties but the Nazis had been outlawed, freedom of the press was but a memory, and Hitler’s dominance seemed complete. Yet over the next few years, an unlikely cadre of conspirators emerged—schoolteachers, politicians, theologians, even a carpenter—who would try repeatedly to end the Führer’s genocidal reign. This dramatic account is history at its most suspenseful, revealing the full story of those noble, ingenious, and doomed efforts.

     Orbach’s fresh research offers profound new insight into the conspirators’ methods, motivations, fears, and hopes. We’ve had no idea until now how close they came—several times—to succeeding. The Plots Against Hitler fundamentally alters our view of World War II and sheds bright—even redemptive—light on its darkest days.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

A veteran of Israeli intelligence, Dr. DANNY ORBACH earned a B.A. in history and East Asian studies from Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. He is a senior lecturer for history and East Asian studies in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As a historian, commentator, and political blogger, he has published extensively on German, Japanese, Chinese, Israeli, and Middle Eastern history, with a special focus on military resistance, disobedience, rebellions, and political assassinations.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Plots Against Hitler
Verlag: Mariner Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Good