The Third Reich in Power, 1933-1939 by Richard J. Evans, a review from Atlantic Monthly by Benjamin Schwarz.
"Evans's coolly precise, profoundly disquieting history gives the most thorough answer yet to the question that will nag humanity for a thousand years: What accounts for the German people's support ? at times passive, at times fervent ? for the vicious and often ridiculous thugs who ruled over them for nearly twelve years?" Read the entire Atlantic Monthly review.