Hitler's Generals (1989, 1995) By Correlli Barnett
 
In Hitler's Generals, distinguished historian Correlli Barnett has gathered together an outstanding team of military historians to write about the characters and careers of twenty-six generals of the Third Reich. The book probes the central mystery of why a generation of the world's most able commanders and staff officers came to be seduced by Hitler, and why they failed to deflect him from his disastrous decisions.
 
 With few exceptions. historians of Germany's conduct of World War II have concentrated primarily on Adolf Hitler, his talents and his mistakes as a warlord. This authoritative study probes, instead, the relationship between Hitler and his generals -- men such as Rommel, Model, Student, Beck, and Keitel -- from the point of view of his staff. Documents, as never before, the characters and careers of the high command who translated the Fuhrer's directives into the dazzling victories of 1939-41 and endured so long against heavy odd
 
Hard Cover With Dust Jacket (1989) and Soft Cover (1995) Options
495 pages
In Good Condition