William L Shirer

Chronicles the Nazi's rise to power, conquest of Europe, and dramatic defeat at the hands of the Allies.

Traces the career of Hitler from birth, the expansion of Nazi Germany from his assumption of power to the fall of France, and the collapse of his reign from the invasion of Russia in 1941 to his suicide in Berlin in 1945. Examines the use of terror and propaganda, the concentration camp system, goals and ideals of the Nazi state and reasons for its collapse.