"The SS--short for the German Schutzstaffeln --was a far-flung organization, of which the Gestapo was only one branch, that served as the tyrannical expression of Nazi bureaucracy, a politics of terror."
Inhaltsverzeichnis
* The SA and the SS, 1920-1933 * The SS as a Political Police * The Second Revolution, 30 June 1934 * Himmlers Fight for Army and Police Control, June 1934-February 1938 * Conspiracy and War, November 1937-September 1939 * The SS Goes to War, September 1939-May 1940 * The High Tide of Conquest, Spring 1940-Winter 1941 * Recession, October 1941-March 1943 * Himmler and the Rival Satraps, June 1942-October 1943 * The SS State * Himmler and the Plotters, October 1942-July 1944 * The 20th July and After * Rebellion in Eastern Europe * Himmler the War Lord, July 1944-March 1945 * Eclipse * Extinction * Bibliography * Dramatis Personae: A Guide to the more Important Personalities