Contents

List of illustrations

List of abbreviations

Preface to the Second Edition

Prologue

1 Childhood, a World War, and a new beginning

2 Secret Germany

3 Reichswehr

4 Sea change

5 In the Third Reich

6 Crisis and war

7 On the General Staff

8 Stauffenberg turns against Hitler

9 In the front line

10 Conspiracy

11 Planning the coup: internal preparations

12 Contacts abroad

13 Assassination plans

14 Launching the insurrection

15 Uprising

Epilogue

Appendices

Notes

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z