Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vi
4. Abbreviations viii
5. Preface To The Third Edition xi
6. Preface To The Second Edition xiii
7. Prologue xv
8. Childhood, a World War, and a new beginning 1
9. Secret Germany 30
10. Reichswehr 42
11. Sea change 60
12. In the Third Reich 75
13. Crisis and war 102
14. On the General Staff 130
15. Stauffenberg turns against Hitler 146
16. In the front line 162
17. Conspiracy 181
18. Planning the coup: internal preparations 190
19. Contacts abroad 213
20. Assassination plans 225
21. Launching the insurrection 234
22. Uprising 153
23. Epilogue 278
24. Appendices 286
25. Notes 303
26. Bibliography 357
27. Index 413