The Devil′s Disciples – Hitler′s Inner Circle

A fresh perspective on the Third Reich: the deadly contests among Hitlers lieutenants and their disastrous consequences.. The Nazi regime was essentially a religious cult relying on the hypnotic personality of Adolf Hitler and it was fated to die with him. But while it lasted his closest lieutenants competed ferociously for power and position as his chosen successor. This peculiar leadership dynamic resulted in millions of deaths and some of the worst excesses of World War II. The Devils Disciples is the first major book for a general readership to examine those lieutenants not only as individuals but also as a group. It focuses on the three most important Nazi paladins—Göring Goebbels and Himmler—with their nearest rivals—Bormann Speer and Ribbentrop—in close attendance. Perceptive illuminating and grandly ambitious The Devils Disciples is above all a powerful chronological narrative showing how the personalities of Hitlers inner circle developed and how their jealousies and constant intrigues affected the regime the war and Hitler himself.