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For the first time in one enthralling book, here is the

incredible true story of the numerous attempts to assassinate Adolf

Hitler and change the course of history.

Disraeli once declared that “assassination never changed anything,”

and yet the idea that World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust

might have been averted with a single bullet or bomb has remained a

tantalizing one for half a century. What historian Roger Moorhouse

reveals in Killing Hitler is just how close–and how often–history

came to taking a radically different path between Adolf Hitler’s

rise to power and his ignominious suicide.

Few leaders, in any century, can have been the target of so many

assassination attempts, with such momentous consequences in the

balance. Hitler’s almost fifty would-be assassins ranged from

simple craftsmen to high-ranking soldiers, from the apolitical to

the ideologically obsessed, from Polish Resistance fighters to

patriotic Wehrmacht officers, and from enemy agents to his closest

associates. And yet, up to now, their exploits have remained

virtually unknown, buried in dusty official archives and obscure

memoirs. This, then, for the first time in a single volume, is

their story.

A story of courage and ingenuity and, ultimately, failure, ranging

from spectacular train derailments to the world’s first known

suicide bomber, explaining along the way why the British at one

time declared that assassinating Hitler would be “unsporting,” and

why the ruthless murderer Joseph Stalin was unwilling to order his

death.

It is also the remarkable, terrible story of the survival of a

tyrant against all the odds, an evil dictator whose repeated

escapes from almost certain death convinced him that he was

literally invincible–a conviction that had appalling consequences

for millions.

Introduction1

Prologue

Chapter1

God'sAssassin:MauriceBavaud

Chapter2

TheLoneBomber:GeorgElser

Chapter3

TheEnemyWithin:TheAbwehr

Chapter4

"TheNestofVipers":ThePolishUnderground

Chapter5

TheImplacableFoe:TheSovietUnion

Chapter6

TheDirtyWar:TheBritishandtheSpecial

OperationsExecutive

Chapter7

HonorRedeemed:TheGermanMilitary

Chapter8

RevoltoftheAcolyte:AlbertSpeer

Epilogue

Illustrations

SelectedBibliography

Notes

Index

……

Roger Moorhouse studied history at the University of London and

is currently reading for a PhD in modern German history at the

University of Strathclyde. He was co-author with Norman Davies of

Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City and is a

regular contributor to BBC History Magazine. He is married

with two children and lives in Buckinghamshire, England.

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From Publishers Weekly

Although Hitler

took his own life, there was no shortage of people who wanted, and

attempted, to do it for him throughout his political career.

Drawing on newly opened archives in Germany and elsewhere, British

historian Moorhouse (Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European

City) casts a wide net, chronicling failed assassination

attempts by disaffected individuals in the early days of Hitler's

reign, such as radical university student Maurice Bavaud, whose

three easily thwarted tries in November 1938 got him guillotined;

the efforts of a British group of James Bond–like spies armed with,

among other things, "exploding rats"; and the well-known attempts

of German officers, such as Hitler's architect Albert Speer.

Moorhouse also brings to light little-known would-be-assassins,

such as members of the Polish underground. Most of the

assassination attempts Moorhouse describes failed because of poor

planning; others fell victim to circumstance, while some may simply

have been rumors, making for a compelling web of research, intrigue

and conspiracy theory. Accessible prose, suspenseful narration and

ample historical context make this a page-turner for WWII buffs as

well as anyone with a passion for the underbelly of political power

in one of the last century's darkest regimes. (Mar.

28)

Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed

Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the

Hardcover

edition.

From Booklist

Few leaders have been the targets of so many assassinations

attempts; German historians have identified 42 plots on Hitler's

life. Twenty of the would-be assassins are chronicled here. They

range from simple craftsmen to high-ranking soldiers, from the

apolitical to the ideologically obsessed, and from enemy agents to

his closest associates. Moorhouse writes that, for the most part,

they are unknown. One was Maurice Bavaud, who never got close

enough to Hitler to shoot him. Bavaud was guillotined in 1941.

Georg Elser began to plot Hitler's murder in 1938. In 1939, Elser

triggered a bomb that killed eight people and injured 62 others,

but Hitler had already left the building. Moorehouse describes the

would-be killers' plans, motives, and--inevitably--their failures.

The book also tells the story of Hitler's survival. Moorehouse's

documentation and analysis of this comprehensive history will keep

readers interested to the end. George Cohen

Copyright © American Library Association. All rights

reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover

edition.

Review

"Compelling.... a page-turner for WWII buffs as well as anyone with

a passion for the underbelly of political power in one of the last

century's darkest regimes."—Publishers Weekly

From the Hardcover edition. --This text refers to the

Kindle

Edition edition.

Review

"Compelling.... a page-turner for WWII buffs as well as anyone with

a passion for the underbelly of political power in one of the last

century's darkest regimes."—Publishers Weekly

“Such is Moorhouse’s storytelling power that we await every fresh

attempt on Hitler’s life with the hope that this one will

succeed….A story as gripping as it is authentic.” —Joseph E.

Persico, author of Roosevelt’s Secret War

书籍介绍

For the first time in one enthralling book, here is the incredible true story of the numerous attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler and change the course of history.

Disraeli once declared that “assassination never changed anything,” and yet the idea that World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust might have been averted with a single bullet or bomb has remained a tantalizing one for half a century. What historian Roger Moorhouse reveals in Killing Hitler is just how close–and how often–history came to taking a radically different path between Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and his ignominious suicide.

Few leaders, in any century, can have been the target of so many assassination attempts, with such momentous consequences in the balance. Hitler’s almost fifty would-be assassins ranged from simple craftsmen to high-ranking soldiers, from the apolitical to the ideologically obsessed, from Polish Resistance fighters to patriotic Wehrmacht officers, and from enemy agents to his closest associates. And yet, up to now, their exploits have remained virtually unknown, buried in dusty official archives and obscure memoirs. This, then, for the first time in a single volume, is their story.

A story of courage and ingenuity and, ultimately, failure, ranging from spectacular train derailments to the world’s first known suicide bomber, explaining along the way why the British at one time declared that assassinating Hitler would be “unsporting,” and why the ruthless murderer Joseph Stalin was unwilling to order his death.

It is also the remarkable, terrible story of the survival of a tyrant against all the odds, an evil dictator whose repeated escapes from almost certain death convinced him that he was literally invincible–a conviction that had appalling consequences for millions.