Kimber, London, 1976. 317 pages, index, chapter notes, sources, illustrations. Beck was Chief of the German General Staff during the first five years of Hitler's rule. During WW2 he was the leader of German resistance to Hitler. The author analyses Beck's role(s) during this period and describes events and characters leading up to the abortive July 1944 'Putsch'. Green cloth boards, sl handling wear to illustrated dj. G.