This one-volume history of the Third Reich traces the roots of National Socialism, the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party, the seizure and consolidation of power, and the racial state. It describes life in Nazi Germany, the road to war, leading to the Blitzkrieg, the military campaigns, and the Holocaust. It concludes with the defeat of the regime. This is a clear, comprehensive, and sensible synthesis of the political, military, and social history of the Third Reich.