Hitler: the man & the military leader

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Percy Ernst Schramm, one of Germany's most distinguished historians, had exceptional access to Adolf Hitler because from January 1943 to the end of the war he was the Fuhrer's official war diarist. This classic volume, long out of print, contains the introductions written by Schramm to critical editions of Hitler's Table Talk and the official War Diary of the High Command of the Wehrmacht. In addition, there are two appendices: the first consisting of excerpts from a study composed by Schramm for the Nuremberg Trials on relations between Hitler and the General Staff; the second a memorandum written by General Jodl in 1946 on Hitler's military leadership. I. The Anatomy of a Dictator 17 -- II. The Military Leader 134 -- Appendix I. Excerpts from a 1945 Study by Major Percy E. Schramm on the Conflict in Leadership Between Hitler and the General Staff 184 -- Appendix II. Memorandum Dictated in 1946 by General Alfred Jodl on Hitler's Military Leadership 192.