1994,Sheridan Book Co, London, UK, 1st mass market paperback edition, 276 pages. 4.25" x 7". First published by Hamlyn in London in 1978. The function of the SS in Nazi Germany was to ensure the leadership of Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist Party. From this came a paramilitary force, superbly trained, known as the Waffen-SS. "This detailed history looks closely at both faces of the SS formation, and gives a vivid picture of the diabolical architects of the world's most terrible private army--Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler."