Introduction : Truth and error --
1. The German army in 1918 : secrets of success --
2. The army before Hitler : hollow victories, shattered illusions --
3. Breaking out of the cave : Hitler and the Wehrmacht's Jewish problem --
4. Planes, personalities, and conflict in the Luftwaffe --
5. Paper tigers : Hitler's tanks --
6. Bloodless victories, or nearly so : toward a greater Germany, 1935-39 --
7. The fall of the West, September 1939-June 1940 --
8. A few distractions on the Road to Armageddon --
9. The Soviet collapse --
10. The death ride : Russia, December 1941-December 1944 --
11. Failure and philosophy : the end of the war --
13. Conclusion : Myths, realities, and achievements --
