Third Reich: The Rise and Fall of Hitler's Evil Regime

This substantial volume traces the rise of Adolf Hitler's idea of a Third Reich, from the ideas he developed as a young man and while fighting in World War I, to his joining of the newly formed National Socialists in 1919 and the party's rise to power through the 1920s and 1930s.

This book examines the tensions in interwar Germany that made it such a fertile breeding ground for Hitler's ideas and how he inspired his followers. It also explores the impact of National Socialism on everyday life in Germany, from the persecution of the Jews and other groups, as well as how ordinary people's lives were controlled by the party machine. And finally, how Hitler's expansionism and attempt to create a German empire in Europe, proved the root of the Reich's downfall.