The Coming of the Third Reich. Richard J. Evans

There is no story in twentieth-century history more important to understand than Hitler's rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany. With The Coming of the Third Reich, Richard Evans, one of the world's most distinguished historians, has written the definitive account for our time. A masterful synthesis of a vast body of scholarly work integrated with important new research and interpretations, Evans's history restores drama and contingency to the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis, even as it shows how ready Germany was by the early 1930s for such a takeover to occur. The Coming of the Third Reich is a masterwork of the historian's art and the book by which all others on the subject will be judged.

Paperback edition of this incisive examination of the Nazi uprising and the social, economic and cultural influences it had over the German population. Hardback sold over 15,000 copies. "The most gripping account I've read of German life before and during the rise of the Nazis" Ian Kershaw

Richard J Evans' brilliant book unfolds perhaps the single most important story of the 20th century: how a stable and modern country, in less than a single lifetime, led Europe into moral, physical and cultural ruin and despair. Will appeal to fans of Ian Kershaw, Anne Applebaum and Anthony Beevor.