This is a thor­ough­ly researched, schol­ar­ly text. Its audi­ence is the seri­ous stu­dent or researcher; the casu­al stu­dent of Holo­caust his­to­ry would find this book over­whelm­ing, albeit infor­ma­tive. But, one can always learn. 

Hitler’s Intel­li­gence Chief gives the read­er an oppor­tu­ni­ty to exam­ine the work­ings of the Nazi gov­ern­ment machine and the polit­i­cal ​“games” played in the name of ​“get­ting ahead in the Nazi par­ty.” If lit­tle else, it rein­forces the atmos­phere of dis­trust in all ranks of the Nazi par­ty, and explores some of the unex­pect­ed alliances and activ­i­ties of those in pow­er, e.g., Shel­len­bergs’ col­lab­o­ra­tion with Count Bernadotte to save Jews in the wan­ing months of the war. 

This is a good book, but not what we would call a good read. It ben­e­fits from care­ful read­ing and reread­ing, as well as a dis­cus­sion part­ner. Abbre­vi­a­tions, appen­dices, bib­li­og­ra­phy, edi­tors com­ment, glos­sary, index, intro­duc­tion, preface.