The Sa Generals and the Rise of Nazism

by Bruce B. Campbell

Book Overview

No part of the Nazi movement contributed more to Hitler's success than the Sturmabteilung (SA) -- the notorious Brown Shirts. Bruce Campbell offers the first in-depth study in English of the men who held the three highest ranks in the SA. Organized on military lines and fired by radical nationalism, the Brown Shirts saw themselves as Germany's paramilitary saviors. Campbell reveals that the homogeneity of the SA leadership was based not on class...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813190983
• ISBN13: 9780813190983
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher