Table of Contents

List of tables, figures, and maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abbreviations; 1. Nürnberg and the emergence of National Socialism; 2. Enter the stormtroopers: the Nürnberg SA, 1922–23; 3. 'The guarantor of Unity': Nürnberg's SA between 1924 and 1929; 4. Ready to assume power: the SA during the Great Depression; 5. 'The party bosses are our misfortune': the Stegmann revolt, November 1932 to March 1933; 6. The illusion of power: from the advent of the Third Reich to the Röhm putsch; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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A case-study of the growth of the SA (or stormtroopers) in Weimar Germany.