| Description |
459 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note(S) |
Map on end pages. |
| Contents |
Introduction: a night of violence -- Turmoil in post-war Germany and the origins of the Nazi SA -- Stormtrooper street politics: mobilization in times of crisis -- The SA cult of youth and violence in the Weimar Republic -- Terror, excitement, and frustration -- The "Röhm purge" and the myth of the homosexual Nazi -- The transformation of the SA between 1934 and 1939 -- Streetfighters into farmers? The SA and the "Germanization" of the European east -- Stormtroopers in the Second World War -- SA diplomats and the Holocaust in Southeastern Europe -- "Not guilty": the legacy of the SA in Germany after the Second World War -- Conclusion: the SA and National Socialism. |
| Summary |
The first full history of the Nazi Stormtroopers whose muscle brought Hitler to power, with revelations concerning their longevity and their contributions to the Holocaust. |
| Subject(S) |
Germany -- History -- 1918-1933.
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
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| Added Title |
New history of Hitler's Brownshirts |
| ISBN |
9780300196818 (hardcover) |
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0300196814 (hardcover) |
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