Kirst, Hans Hellmut 1914-1989

The night of the generals, a novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst ( Book )
82 editions published between 1962 and 2009 in 13 languages and held by 1,305 libraries worldwide
A German counterespionage officer attempts to solve the similar sex murders of prostitutes in three different cities in 1942, 1944, and 1956. There are three suspects, all German generals. A deft crime novel incorporating shrewd and ribald satire on militarism, Hitlerism, and hypocrisy.

Soldiers' revolt by Hans Hellmut Kirst ( Book )
69 editions published between 1965 and 2000 in 11 languages and held by 844 libraries worldwide
On July 20, 1944 the last of several, unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler took place in his field headquarters. Based on fact, the book is a fictionalized version of the German officers' conspiracy against the "arch enemy" of the world.

The revolt of Gunner Asch by Hans Hellmut Kirst ( Book )
27 editions published between 1954 and 1990 in 5 languages and held by 816 libraries worldwide
Novel of German Army training life.

The wolves by Hans Hellmut Kirst ( Book )
56 editions published between 1967 and 2001 in 6 languages and held by 742 libraries worldwide

What became of Gunner Asch by Hans Hellmut Kirst ( Book )
11 editions published between 1963 and 1977 in English and German and held by 660 libraries worldwide
Continues the saga of Gunner Asch, now the mayor of a small West German town, the seat of an Air Force base and a rival barracks of a Grenadier regiment. When inter-service jealousies, private ambitions and personal animosities combine, Asch must halt the inexorable march of events toward a court-martial.

Last stop Camp 7 by Hans Hellmut Kirst ( Book )
8 editions published between 1952 and 1995 in 4 languages and held by 615 libraries worldwide
Two Americans, in charge of a 1945 detention camp near Munich, must single out German war criminals for trial.

The officer factory by Hans Hellmut Kirst ( Book )
74 editions published between 1960 and 2002 in 10 languages and held by 610 libraries worldwide

The affairs of the generals by Hans Hellmut Kirst ( Book )
4 editions published between 1978 and 1980 in English and held by 597 libraries worldwide

Damned to success by Hans Hellmut Kirst ( Book )
39 editions published between 1971 and 1995 in 6 languages and held by 591 libraries worldwide

No fatherland by Hans Hellmut Kirst ( Book )
33 editions published between 1968 and 1985 in 5 languages and held by 586 libraries worldwide
The time is post-Kiesinger; the place, conspiracy-torn Bonn. Against this perilous background Hans Hellmut Kirst sets a totally absorbing story of a ruthless power struggle for supremacy in the modern German hierarchy. Karl Wander, a gifted free-lance journalist who left the German Army in protest at its internal corruption, is hired by a clique of opportunistic diplomats to expose the tainted regime now in power.