Introduction: a night of violence
Turmoil in post-war Germany and the origins of the Nazi SA
Stormtrooper street politics: mobilization in times of crisis
The SA cult of youth and violence in the Weimar Republic
Terror, excitement, and frustration
The "Röhm purge" and the myth of the homosexual Nazi
The transformation of the SA between 1934 and 1939
Streetfighters into farmers? The SA and the "Germanization" of the European east
Stormtroopers in the Second World War
SA diplomats and the Holocaust in Southeastern Europe
"Not guilty": the legacy of the SA in Germany after the Second World War
Conclusion: the SA and National Socialism.