The final volume in Richard J. EvansA's masterly trilogy on the history of Nazi Germany traces the rise and fall of German military might, the mobilization of a A“peopleA's communityA” to serve a war of conquest, and HitlerA's campaign of racial subjugation and genocide

Already hailed as A“a masterpieceA” (William Grimes in The New York Times) and A“the most comprehensive historyA… of the Third ReichA” (Ian Kershaw), this epic trilogy reaches its terrifying climax in this volume.

Evans interweaves a broad narrative of the warA's progress with viscerally affecting personal testimony from a wide range of peopleA?from generals to front-line soldiers, from Hitler Youth activists to middle-class housewives. The Third Reich at War lays bare the dynamics of a nation more deeply immersed in war than any society before or since. Fresh insights into the conflictA's great events are here, from the invasion of Poland to the Battle of Stalingrad to HitlerA's suicide in the bunker. But just as important is the re-creation of the daily experience of ordinary Germans in wartime, staggering under pressure from Allied bombing and their own governmentA's mounting demands upon them. At the center of the book is the Nazi extermination of EuropeA's Jews, set in the context of HitlerA's genocidal plans for the racial restructuring of Europe.

Blending narrative, description and analysis, The Third Reich at War creates an engrossing pictureA?at once sweeping and preciseA?of a society rushing headlong to self-destruction and taking much of Europe with it. It is the culmination of a historical masterwork that will remain the most authoritative work on Nazi Germany for years to come.