1889-1945

Examines the role of Hitler in World War II, the appeal of Nazism, the Nazi regime, and anti-Semitic policies it pursued.

Provides a detailed account of the three main European dictatorships in the period between 1919 and 1945, exploring Stalinism, Fascism, and Nazism and the effects each had on European history.

Chronicles the life and experiences of Ernst Hanfstaengl who served as Adolf Hitler's foreign press chief in the 1930s and later played a key role in Franklin Roosevelt's top-secret project against the Third Reich.

Hans Bernd Gisevius, who survived Hitler's retaliation after the failure of the Valkyrie conspiracy, discusses the anti-Hitler movement that began in 1933 and his recollections of the events and people involved in the planting of a bomb inside Adolf Hitler's headquarters, which exploded without killing Hitler.

Describes the measures Hitler's troops took to tighten the Nazi grip on the home front without significant resistance from the German people from 1936 to 1945.

Presents more than two hundred reproductions of the political cartoons of Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Suess, written during World War II for the daily newspaper, "PM," between 1941 and 1942, and that comment on isolationism, racism, and anti-Semitism.

Biography of Adolf Hitler covering his personal habits, military and political strategies, and effects upon Germany and other nations.

Describes how Hitler joined a tiny new political party in 1919 and began his political apprenticeship for power.