William Shirer did a masterful job in this book of revealing how Adolph Hitler led the German people into this chaotic mindset of his. Most of his communication to the German people was lies and misrepresentation of what he had in his warped mind for Germany. Once it got started it traveled through out the country like a virus to a populace that had been put down since the end of the first World War; that was looking for something, anything to bring back a proud people to their previous position in the world order. Shirer knew first hand what transpired since he was a War Correspondent (American) that lived in Germany in the 30`s as the Nazis were coming to power, and on into the war in the 40`s. Wonderful book, ranks in the top three books I have ever read.Robert L. Hayes