The history of the German resistance, 1933-1945 / / Peter Hoffmann ; translated from the German by Richard Barry

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820831703321
• Autore: Hoffmann Peter <1930->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; ; Buffalo : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 1996
• ISBN: 1-282-85431-3; 9786612854316; 0-7735-6640-6
• Edizione: [Third English edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: xviii, 853 pages : illustrations
• Disciplina: 943.086
• Soggetti: Anti-Nazi movement; Germany Politics and government 1933-1945
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Translation of Widerstand, Staatsstreich, Attentat.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 773-815) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Author’s Foreword -- Preface to the Third Edition -- The Background -- The Year 1933 -- Forms of Resistance -- Top-Level Crisis -- The Sudeten Crisis and the Attempted Coup of 1938 -- Operation ‘Green’ -- Foreign Policy and Resistance -- Beck’s Plans -- Halder’s Plans -- Plans for a Coup 1939–1940 -- Before the Outbreak of War -- Plans, Probings and Memoranda -- Halder’s New Plan -- Further Efforts -- Soundings Abroad -- Internal Political Plans -- SchmidNoerr -- Hassell -- Popitz -- Goerdeler -- The Kreisau Circle -- Socialists -- Contacts With the Enemy 1940–1944 -- Albrecht Haushofer 1940–1941 -- Hassell 1941–1942 -- Lochner 1941–1942 -- Trott, Bonhoeffer, Schönfeld 1942 -- Moltke 1943 -- Trott 1943–1944 -- Gisevius -- Miscellaneous Contacts -- ‘Eastern Solution’? -- Otto John 1944 -- Assassination Attempts 1933–1942 -- The Early Days -- Attempts of 1938–1942 -- Tresckow and Army Group Centre -- Preparations -- Projects of 1943 -- Abortive Plans -- ‘Valkyrie’ -- Stauffenberg and the Replacement Army -- Stauffenberg’s Career -- Assassination Attempts — Bussche, Kleist, Breitenbuch -- Procurement of Explosive -- Communications Planning -- Internal Political Planning -- Stauffenberg’s First Two Assassination Attempts -- 20 JULY 1944 -- ‘Wolfschanze’ -- Berlin: The Coup -- The Coup in the Provinces -- Prague, Vienna, Paris -- Collapse in Berlin -- Wreck of the Opposition ; -- Summary Court Martial -- Arrests -- People’s Court, Executions, Concentration Camps -- Notes -- Appendices -- Abbreviations and Glossary -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The English version of the book has been extensively revised and expanded since its original publication in German. This edition includes a new preface and an updated bibliography.