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Hitler and His Generals: Military Conferences, 1942-1945. Edited by Helmut Heiber and David M. Glantz. New York: Enigma Books, 2002. ISBN 1-929631-09-X. Maps. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xxxiv, 1158. $42.00.
At the beginning of September 1942, Adolf Hitler ordered that two stenographers record every one of his military briefings, in part because he distrusted his generals, and in part, he said, so that there would be a clear historical record of his decisions. By the end of the war, the transcripts of these conferences ran to more than 103,000 pages. Unfortunately for history-and contrary to Hitler's clear wishes-at the end of the war the transcripts and notes were burned. Only a fraction survived, and these form the basis for this work. This is not really a new publication; Helmut Heiber's original German...