Army of evil
Subtitle: a history of the SS
By: Adrian Weale
Publisher: New American Library; NAL Caliber
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780451237910
Subjects: Politics and government; National Socialism; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; Waffen-SS; World War, 1939-1945; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel; Regimental histories; History
Other titles: History of the SS
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The defeat of Wilhelmine Germany and the origins of the National Socialist Party; title: The rebirth of national socialism and the creation of the SS; title: Heinrich Himmler; title: A new broom; title: Taking control; title: Consolidation; title: Dachau and the establishment of the concentration camps; title: The central organisation of the SS; title: The Race and Settlement Office; title: The SD - the intelligence and security wing of the SS; title: The path to genocide; title: Euthanasia and the beginning of mass murder; title: Origins of the Waffen-SS; title: Militarising the "political soldiers"; title: Expansion of the militarised SS; title: The invasion of poland and the special task groups; title: The SS and the Polish Jews; title: Gottlob Berger and the creation of the Waffen-SS; title: Making up the numbers: foreign volunteers and criminals in the Waffen-SS; title: The Waffen-SS heads east; title: Operation Barbarossa and the first and second sweeps; title: The Wannsee conference; title: The extermination camps; title: Auschwitz; title: The final act; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix: Table of comparative military ranks.