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Stauffenberg: A Family History, 1905-1944.(book by Peter Hoffman)(Book Review)

Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-SEP-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Stauffenberg: A Family History, 1905-1944. By Peter Hoffman. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 2003, [2d English ed., translated by the author from the original German edition.] Illustrations. Photographs. Appendices. Glossary. Index. Bibliography. Pp. xix, 424. $24.95 Paperback ISBN...

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Why should the study of a German Army officer be reviewed in Air Power History? Because this book is concerned with character and courage, a requisite for all officers in every service. The three Stauffenberg brothers--Berthold, Alexander, and Claus--were sons of an aristocratic family of the lesser nobility. They were classically educated and, as Christians, were horrified by Nazi persecution of the Jews. But there was another powerful factor motivating them. They fell under the spell of the poet Stefan Gorge...

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