Customer Review: This is a scholarly study of the civilian underground (Kreisau Circle)that developed against Hitler and the Nazis. There are details of "lost" chances to stop Hitler, which were relayed to the British and the Americans by German officials, all of which were ignored. In the nightmare of the Nazi era,... more info
Customer Review: Mommsen surveys the history of the resistance that led up to the abortive plot of July 20, 1944. He presents a concise yet definitive survey of the motives behind the various groups who joined the plot, their political aspirations, and what they hoped to gain from removing Hitler. More importantly,... more info
Customer Review: I'm writing this review simply because no one else has, and this story deserves to be known. I pretend to no special expertise on Germany or the Holocaust. I read this book in the early 1980's, and recite my recollection now without having reread it, except for a few parts. In general, I was... more info
Customer Review: There are always dissidents - 100% agreeance in a large group of people is simply not possible. "An Obsolete Honor: A Story of the German Resistance to Hitler" is a work of historical fiction, but is quite believable. A German military offer is not pleased with the rising popularity of Adolf Hitler,... more info
Customer Review: The author of this book, Joachim Fest, is one of the better know of the German World War 2 historians so I was expecting a well researched and factual book. What I found was just that. Fest first takes us through a history of a number of the failed plots and people responsible before sending the... more info
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