1889-1945

Presents a biography of German leader Adolph Hitler, presenting him as a basically hollow individual who was elevated by the circumstances of history, and looking at how the collapse of order, anxieties of the age, and a climate of change allowed him to seize control of Germany.

Examines factors that led to the rise of Hitler and Nazism in the post-World War I era, and includes over one hundred archive photographs, maps, and illustrations.

A social history of Hitler's rise to power that examines the societal causes and consequences of the Nazi policy during the Holocaust as well as the dynamic of the Nazi leadership and the attitudes and actions of German citizens as they witnessed the Jewish genocide.

Biography of Adolf Hitler, examining the mechanics and nature of his power and how he used it.

Chronicles the life and accomplishments of Adolf Hitler, and explores the mechanics and nature of his power and how he used it to become the dictator of Germany during the twentieth century; and also discusses his mass appeal, personal role in shaping policies, and other topics.

Explores how Hitler's Third Reich was able to hold out as long as it did during World War II, discussing why it did not surrender until Germany was left in ruins and almost completely occupied and chronicling the war's final, brutal months before the eventual surrender.

Presents a comprehensive analysis of the social and political cataclysm that spread throughout Europe between 1914 and 1945; and describes how the world was changed by the events of two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, and the rise and fall of Hitler's Third Reich.

A history of the Weimar Republic beginning in 1918, analyzing its structure, strengths, and weaknesses, the inflation and depression of the 1920s, and the increasing popularity of Hitler; and arguing that the reasons for the fall of the Republic were political rather than economic.