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100 1  Read, Anthony. 
245 14 The devil's disciples :|bHitler's inner circle /|cAnthony 
       Read. 
264  1 New York :|bW.W. Norton,|c2005. 
300    viii, 984 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "Originally published in Great Britain under the title The
       devil's disciples: the lives and times of Hitler's inner 
       circle"--Title page verso. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [948]-956) and 
       index. 
505 0  Part 1: Roots 1918-1923 -- "Our time will come again' -- 
       "if only there could be fighting again' -- Fighting the 
       November criminals -- Beer Hall revolution -- Part 2: The 
       years of struggle 1924-1933 -- Regrouping -- A star in the
       making -- "Chief Bandit of Berlin' -- "We come as enemies'
       -- "SS-Man, your loyalty is your honour' -- "Now the chess
       game for power begins' -- The turning point -- Part 3: 
       Power and Revolution 1933-1936 -- Power -- Co-ordination -
       - The end of the Brown Revolution -- Night of the Long 
       Knives -- "We always approve everything out Führer does' -
       - The four-year plan -- Part 4: The greater German Reich 
       1937-1939 -- The Blomberg-Fritsch Affair -- Anschluss -- 
       The Sudetenland Crisis -- Kristallnacht -- 'I'll cook them
       a stew that they'll choke on' -- 'I have the world in my 
       pocket' -- 'If we lose this war, then God have mercy on 
       us' -- Part 5: War: Germany triumphant -- Blitzkrieg -- 
       'Yellow' -- Eagles and sea lions -- 'The whole world will 
       hold its breath' -- 'The greatest deception operation in 
       military history' -- Barbarossa -- Part 6: War: defeat -- 
       The final solution -- The beginning of the end -- 'Do you 
       want total war?' -- 'Call me Meier!' -- Last throw of the 
       dice -- Götterdämmerung -- The end of the road. 
520    The Nazi Regime was essentially a religious cult relying 
       on the hypnotic personality of Adolf Hitler, and it was 
       fated to die with him. But while it lasted, his closest 
       lieutenants competed ferociously for power and position as
       his chosen successor. This peculiar leadership dynamic 
       resulted in millions of deaths and some of the worst 
       excesses of World War II. The Devil's Disciples is the 
       first major book for a general readership to examine those
       lieutenants, not only as individuals but also as a group. 
       It focuses on the three most important Nazi paladins-
       Goring, Goebbels, and Himmler-with their nearest rivals-
       Bormann, Speer, and Ribbentrop-in close attendance. Others
       who were removed in various ways-like Gregor Strasser, 
       Ernst Rohm, Heydrich, and Hess-play supporting roles. 
       Making the fullest use of diaries, documents, and memoirs,
       The Devil's Disciples offers fresh insights into their 
       characters and their relationships to one another and to 
       Hitler. Perceptive, illuminating, and grandly ambitious, 
       The Devil's Disciples is above all a powerful 
       chronological narrative, showing how the personalities of 
       Hitler's inner circle developed and how their jealousies 
       and constant intrigues affected the regime, the war, and 
       Hitler himself. It is essential reading for anyone with an
       interest in the Nazi period, or the workings of a 
       dictatorship. 
600 10 Hitler, Adolf,|d1889-1945|xFriends and associates. 
650  0 Nazis|vBiography. 
651  0 Germany|xPolitics and government|y1933-1945.