Night of the Long Knives: Forty-Eight Hours That Changed the History of the World

Many wonder how Adolf Hitler, a mediocre army corporal and failed landscape painter, could have become the architect of the most calamitous events of the twentieth century. But fewer know that Hitler's fateful transition from ambitious demagogue to Europe's most vicious tyrant occurred on an ordinary Saturday--June 30, 1934--in a little-known event that would come to be called "The Night of the Long Knives." This is the story of the events leading up to that awful event, and its most horrifying repercussions.

Author: Paul Maracin
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 07/01/2007
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.59w x 0.61d
ISBN13: 9781599210704
ISBN10: 1599210703
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Germany

About the Author
Paul Maracin is a former criminal investigator with the San Diego County District Attorney's Office. He lives in San Diego, California.