A national bestseller with more than 370,000 copies in print, this is "the first book that anyone who wants to learn about Hitler or the war in Europe must read... a marvel of fact."--Newsweek

John Toland, the author of fifteen works of history and fiction, including Infamy: World War II and Its Aftermath, received the Pulitzer Prize for his magisterial Rising Sun: The Decline of the Japanese Empire, 1936–1945. Mr. Toland died in 2004.

List of Maps & Tables

xi

Foreword

xiii

Prologue Stab in the Back

xv

Part 1 I, VISIONARY

Deep Are The Roots 1889-1907

3

(25)

``The School of My Life'' December 1907-May 1913

28

(24)

``Overcome with Rapturous Enthusiasm'' May 1913-November 1918

52

(41)

Part 2 IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD

Birth of a Party 1919-1922

93

(29)

``Such a Logical and Fanatical Man'' 1922-1923

122

(24)

The Beer Hall Putsch 1923

146

(35)

Part 3 A MIND IN THE MAKING

In Landsberg Prison 1923-1924

181

(24)

Hitler's Secret Book 1925-1928

205

(28)

A Death in the Family 1928-1931

233

(26)

Part 4 THE BROWN REVOLUTION

``It is Almost Like a Dream'' 1931-January 30, 1933

259

(34)

An Unguarded Hour 1933-June 1934

293

(36)

The Second Revolution-``All Revolutions Devour Their Own Children'' February-August 1934

329

(30)

Triumph of the Will 1934-1935

359

(28)

Part 5 WAR IN MASQUERADE

``With the Assurance of a Sleepwalker'' March 1936-January 1937

387

(25)

``Such a Little Human Worm'' 1937-February 1938

412

(20)

The Return of the Native February-April 1938

432

(27)

``On the Razor's Edge'' May-October 1938

459

(42)

Part 6 ``TO THE VERY BRINK OF BOLDNESS''

Crystal Night November 1938-March 1939

501

(20)

The Fox and the Bear January-August 24, 1939

521

(29)

``A Calamity Without Parallel in History'' August 24-September 3, 1939

550

(31)

Part 7 BY FORCE OF ARMS

Victory in the West September 3, 1939-June 25, 1940

581

(38)

``Ev'n Victors by Victory are Undone'' June-October 28, 1940

619

(24)

``The World Will Hold Its Breath'' November 12, 1940-June 22, 1941

643

(30)

``A Door Into a Dark, Unseen Room'' June 22-December 19, 1941

673

(28)

Part 8 THE FOURTH HORSEMAN

``And Hell Followed With Him'' 1941-1943

701

(32)

The Family Circle 1943

733

(24)

``And with the Beasts of the Earth'' April 1943-April 1944

757

(20)

Part 9 INTO THE ABYSS

The Army Bomb Plot November 1943-July 21, 1944

777

(46)

The Battle of the Bulge July 21, 1944-January 17, 1945

823

(21)

``This Time we Must Not Surrender Five Minutes Before Midnight'' January 17-April 20, 1945

844

(20)

Five Minutes Past Midnight, or, ``The Captain Also Goes Down With this Ship'' April 20-30, 1945

864

(28)

Epilogue

892

(7)

Acknowledgments

899

(2)

Glossary

901

(5)

Sources

906

(18)

Notes

924

(88)

Index

1012

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