Foreword--R. Overy * Foreword--J. Wheeler-Bennett * Introduction *Part I: The Army and the Reich, 1918-1926* From Spa to Kapp (November 1918-March 1920) * The Seeckt Period (1920-1926) *Part II: The Army and Hitler, 1920-1933* Courtship, Honeymoon and Separation (1920-1926) * The Schleicher Period (1926-1933) *Part III: Hitler and the Army, 1933-1945* From the Seizure of Power to the Death of Hindenburg (January 1933-1934) * From the Death of Hindenburg to the Fritsch Crisis (August 1934-February 1938) * From the Fritsch Crisis to the Outbreak of War (February 1938-September 1939) * Victory in the East and the 'Phoney War' (September 1939-June 1940) * From theBlitzkriegto Stalingrad (July 1940-February 1943) * From Stalingrad to Normandy (February 1943-July 1944) * July 20, 1944 * Epilogue *Appendices* Text of Draft Basic Law proposed by Popitz, Jessen and von Hassell, 1942 * Documents of the 'Free Germany' Committee in Moscow, 1943 * Documents of the Putsch of July 20, 1944 * List of Victims of July 20 1944 * Tables to Illustrate Organization of the German High Command, 1919-1945 * Chronology * Bibliography * Index.