"Hitler's Generals and their Battles is an analysis of the generalship, in both the military and political fields, of the men who took the Third Reich to victory against Poland and France, and almost to victory against Soviet Russia. In the later stages of World War II they attempted with courage and skill to stern the great Allied advances from the East and from the West. This major volume examines the Generals' role in Hitler's rise to power, their courageous but ill-organized attempts to rid Germany of its Fuehrer, and finally their efforts to hold back the enemies Hitler's ambitions had arrayed against Germany."--Book Flap.… (more)