Alternatives To Hitler: German Resistance Under The Third Reich,New

Internal Opposition To Nazism Is Often Mythologized As Heroic Or Dismissed As 'Too Little, Too Late, And For The Wrong Reasons.' These Seminal Writings Trace The Real And Complex History Of The German Resistance From The Ascent Of The Nazi Party To The July 1944 Attempted Assassination Of Hitler. Informed By Four Decades Of Research And Written By The Premier Historian Of The German Resistance, This Book Constitutes The Definitive Work On Those Tens Of Thousands Of Germans Who Fought The Third Reich From Within.Hans Mommsen Considers The Full Spectrum Of Opposition, From Small But Stilldangerous Acts Of Political Disobedience To Largescale Conspiracies To Overthrow The Government. Along The Way He Tells The Incredible Stories Of Such Germans As Count Claus Von Stauffenberg, Who Planted A Briefcase Bomb During A Staff Meeting At Hitler'S East Prussian Military Headquarters, And The Members Of The Kreisau Circle, Who Clandestinely Met To Plan For Germany'S Postwar Future As A Democratic Member Of An Integrated Europe.While Upholding Resistance To Nazism As A Value Beyond Reproach, Mommsen Considers The Varied And Sometimes Murky Motives Of Those Who Resistedmotives That Ranged From Principled Commitment To Pragmatic Selfinterest By Former Nazi Sympathizers. He Examines Resisters' Detailed And Notalwaysdemocratic Programs To Rebuild A State And Reeducate A Nazified Society And Considers Their Sometimes Ambivalent Attitudes Toward The Unfolding Final Solution.Available In English For The First Time In This Fluid Translation, This Book Is A Signal Achievement By A Major Scholarand The Standard Work On The German Resistance Available In Any Language.