Otto Skorzeny : the devil's disciple

"SS Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny became a legend in his own time. Hitler's favourite commando acquired a reputation as a man of daring, renowned for his audacious 1943 mission to extricate Mussolini from a mountain-top prison. He could be brave and resourceful, but was also a notorious egoist and an unrepentant Nazi until the end of his life. From his background as a student radical in Vienna to his bloody service with the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front, his surprise rebirth as a commando, and his intriguing post-war career and mysterious fortune, this book tells Otto Skorzeny's story in full- warts and all- for the first time."--Back cover. Includes glossary and notes on the Waffen-SS. 384 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm