Disobeying Hitler reconstructs the overlooked wave of German resistance in 1944-45, drawing on newly available archival material to show how soldiers, officials and ordinary citizens resisted destructive orders as the Nazi regime collapsed.

The narrative highlights three documented refusals — the officer who spared Paris, Albert Speer's rejection of a scorched-earth plan, and the collapse of Hamburg's defenses — and explains how these acts limited devastation and influenced postwar recovery.

Presented in a story-driven, evidence-based style, the book will appeal to readers of military and European history, political studies and anyone interested in moral choices under dictatorship.

• Publisher: Doubleday Canada (2014)
• Pages: 470 • Hardcover • ISBN 9780385664639

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