Alone against Hitler

“The Schuschnigg story is both fascinating and significant, throwing a unique light on one of the great crises of the past century. It needs to be much better known, and Jack Bray tells it fully and beautifully.”
–G. J. Meyer, New York Times best-selling author of A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

“Hitler’s WWII onslaught on Europe’s democracies started with the Anschluss – the takeover of Austria in 1938. Bray’s immensely readable story focuses on the man at the story’s center, Kurt von Schuschnigg. The story contains gripping scenes of both courage and weakness on the world stage as well as scenes of personal tragedy. Alone Against Hitler shows the high stakes of political leadership, personalized.”
–Hon. Frank Loy, Former United States Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs, and former President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States

“During the rise of Hitler in the 1930s, the Chancellor of Austria, Kurt von Schuschnigg, tried to defy the Nazi madman and protect Austria’s Jewish population. With clarity and verve, Jack Bray brings this long-overlooked but dramatic and remarkable story to life.”
–Evan Thomas, New York Times best-selling author of John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy and Sea of Thunder: Four Naval Commanders and the Last Sea War

“This book is a revelation – scholarly, compelling and chillingly honest. A book not only to be read but to be savored. This is the fascinating story of the unsung hero of the pre-war period, Kurt von Schuschnigg, the chancellor of Austria who was ignored when –almost alone –he warned the world of the dangers of Nazism. This book graphically and masterfully explains why he failed. A tragic but inspiring story that needed to be told.”
–Irving Abella, Professor of History, York University, President of the Academy of the Arts and Humanities of Canada, and co-author of None is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948

“Kurt von Schuschnigg was a crucially important, supremely brave, now half-forgotten leader of Austria against the Nazi coup of the 1930's. Jack Bray has written a moving account worthy of its subject.”
–James Hitchcock, Ph. D., Professor Emeritus of History at Saint Louis University and author of The Supreme Court and Religion in American Life

“The subtitle of this excellent book might more accurately be ‘Schuschnigg’s fight to Save Austria and the Jews from the Nazis’ since the plight of the Jews under the Nazis forms it’s major subplot. This is a meticulously researched book that is a must-read for historians of the period. It is well-written, even gripping at times.”

-Eugene J. Fisher-Catholic News Service