"This is a Borzoi book."

"From the author of Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939--a riveting account of the dictator's final years, when he got the war he wanted but his leadership led to catastrophe for his nation, the world, and himself."--

Unleashing the War -- Poland 1939-40: Prelude to a War of annihilation -- Decision in the West? -- Strategic stalemate -- Operation Barbarossa -- War Turns, 1941-1942 -- Road to the Holocaust -- Stalingrad and the battle for oil -- Total War and ethnic-Popular Community -- On the defensive -- Operations Overlord and Bagration -- Berghof during the War -- Stauffenberg assassination attempt and its aftermath -- Final rally -- Decline of a dictator -- Staged exit -- Final days in the bunker -- Hitler's Place in History