The story of the hero behind the attempt to kill Hitler, the subject of Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise, set for June 2008 release.\ By July of 1944, the Third Reich's days were numbered. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a general staff insider with open eyes (and access to the Führer), was convinced that assassinating Hitler was the only way to prevent the destruction of the Fatherland and the deaths of millions. On July 20, he hid a bomb-stuffed briefcase at a high-level meeting. The explosion...
The story of the hero behind the attempt to kill Hitler, the subject of Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise, set for June 2008 release.
Acknowledgments xiIntroduction xvThe Bomb PlotThe German Resistance 3Operation Valkyrie 17In the Wolf's Lair 36The Rise of PrussiaBlood and Iron 71Claus Von StauffenbergThe Cult of Stefan George 101The New Reich 129The Path of Aggression 161Operation Barbarossa 185The Struggle for the Heart and Soul of GermanyAfter the War of Liberation 213Culture and Conquest 231Myth and Might 249Legislators of the World 293Heroism in the Twentieth CenturyIn the Courtyard of the Benderstrasse 331Notes and References 349Bibliography 371