This history of the rise and fall of the Nazis addresses questions which have been raised over the past 50 years, and aims to dispel some of the myths. The book sets out to show that the reality of history is more painful and harder to accept than the popular perception of a nation led astray by Hitler, the man of destiny, and to offer an understanding of the Nazi movement and of how the German people were seduced by it.

Table of Contents

Helped into power 1919-33 - the Nazi rise to power; chaos and consent - the Nazi rule of Germany 1933-39; the plan for war? - Nazi foreign affairs; the wild east 1939-43 - the invasion of Russia; the road to Treblinka - Nazi Jewish policy 1933-45; fighting to the end 1943-45.