The Third Reich at War

<b>&#147;Masterful. . . . Evans demonstrates a fluent style and a sweeping grasp of the Third Reich&#146;s history and of the enormous historical literature. . . . Evans&#146;s fellow historians as well as a broader public will read this work not quite with pleasure for there is little joy in this story but with admiration for the author&#146;s narrative powers.&#148; &#8213;<b><i>Publisher&#146;s Weekly</i>&#160;(starred review)</b><br><br>A <i>New York Times</i>&#160;bestseller!<br><br>An absorbing revelatory and definitive account of one of the greatest tragedies in human history </b><br><br> Adroitly blending narrative description and analysis Richard J. Evans portrays a society rushing headlong to self-destruction and taking much of Europe with it. Interweaving a broad narrative of the war's progress from a wide range of people Evans reveals the dynamics of a society plunged into war at every level. The great battles and events of the conflict are here but just as telling is Evans's re- creation of the daily experience of ordinary Germans in wartime. At the center of the book is the Nazi extermi&#173;nation of the Jews. The final book in Richard J. Evan's three-volume history of Hitler's Germany hailed a masterpiece by <i>The New York Times The Third Reich at War</i> lays bare the most momentous and tragic years of the Nazi regime.