Jukes looks at the decision-making process during the 1942 German campaign in the southern Soviet Union. Jukes applies a crisis-management model for analyzing how such decisions were made by the Third Reich high command. As all of these decisions were made by Hitler, he was the main actor. It's clear from this book that the German leadership was divided, and that's just how Hitler wanted things.

Includes index. Includes maps of: German Summer Offensive, 1942 - Basic OKH Plan and Hitler's Amendments; Position at End of the Pre-crisis Period, 19 November 1942; Soviet Counteroffensive, 19-30 November 1942; Relief Attempt, 12-18 December 1942; Finale at Stalingrad, 10 January-2 February 1943; Post-crisis Period - The German Counteroffensive, 19 February-25 March 1943.