The rise and fall of Adolf Hitler: The life of the demonic dictator

At daybreak on September 1, 1939, the German army poured across the Polish border while German bombers rained destruction from the skies, WW II had begun--"Hitler's war," as the British say. As an American correspondent in Berlin, William Shirer had met Hitler, listened to his fiery speeches, and observed him firsthand. THE RISE AND FALL OF ADOLF HITLER is based on what Shirer saw and on his later research of the massive files captured by the Allies. "Hitler's conquest was classic. He double-crossed his friends, massacred millions, plunged the world into its bloodiest war...and buried his own nation in the process. In Hitler, tryanny found nearly perfect exposition." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board) Written by the author of The rise and fall of the Third Reich. This account of the life of Hitler includes significant events occurring in the political climate of the 1920's and 1930's, such as the Beer Hall Putsch, Hitler's imprisonment, Mein Kampf, and the Second World War Briefly describes Hitler's childhood, education, initial involvement in politics, rise to power, conduct of the war, plans to murder millions of innocent civilians, final military defeat, and suicide