The Meaning of Hitler

In this succinct, fact-based, insightful analysis of Hitler and his impact on the world, Sebastian Haffner displays his skills as a first-class journalist and a student of German and modern European history. A keen psychologist, he describes the man, the politician, the ideologue, the military leader, the mass-murderer, and ultimately the traitor to his own (adopted) country.

“Mr Haffner ... has exposed better, and more briefly, than anyone else the clockwork of that infernal machine” — Gord...