An Honourable Defeat-A History of German Resistance to Hitler 1933-1945

An Honourable Defeat:A History of German Resistance to Hitler 1933-1945 by Anton Gill.1994 1stAmericanEdition/1stPrinting Henry Holt hardcover w/dj in like new condition.Bk dims:6.5×1.5×9.5in,1.3lb,293pg.Mr.Gill is a contemporary European history author.Using archival material and interviews with the few surviving resisters and their families,he constructed this book on those Germans who committed "treason"to eradicate the inhumane brutality of Nazism under Hitler.Ignoring both persecution and death,members of the German army,the Foreign Office,and the Abwehr(German military intelligence)conspired to assassinate Hitler.Col.Claus Von Stauffenberg,Dietrich Bonhoeffer,Col-Gen Ludwig Beck,Admiral Canaris and others died to achieve this goal.Tragically,7000 people were arrested with 4500 executed following the failed assassination attempt,many of them innocent.The book contains rare photos,maps,and chronology of events."An Honourable Defeat"exhibits a tribute to heroes of human morality.