Hitler investigates what it was that motivated this national leader to achieve such monstrosities which still cast a shadow over Europe today.

Martyn Housden is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary European History at the University of Bradford. He is author of Helmut Nicolai and Nazi Ideology (Macmillan, 1992) and Resistance and Conformity in the Third Reich (Routledge, 1997).

Series editor's preface Acknowledgements Revolutions and revolutionaries 2 ldeologue 3 Agitator 4 Dictator 5 Deceiver 6 Warlord 7 Artist and Architect 8 Mind 9 Conclusion - study of a revolutionary? Timeline