{"product_id":"2940170491032","title":"Otto Skorzeny: The Devil's Disciple","description":"\u003cp\u003eSS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny became a legend in his own time. \"Hitler's favorite commando\"  acquired a reputation as a man of daring, renowned for his audacious 1943 mission to extricate Mussolini from a mountaintop prison. He could be brave and resourceful, but was also a notorious egoist and an unrepentant Nazi until the end of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStuart Smith draws on years of in-depth research to uncover the truth about Skorzeny's career and complex personality. 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 fullamp;mdash;warts and allamp;mdash;for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117299122416,"sku":"2940170491032","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170491032_p0.jpg?v=1763710726","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170491032","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}