20th Century Leaders: Hitler

"The whole work of Nature is a might struggle between strength and weakness - an eternal victory of the strong over the weak."

When Hitler uttered these words, he was a little-known 34 year old stepping out on the road to power. Ten years later, he was Chancellor of Germany and leader of the Nazi Party in a country where all other political parties were banned.

Ten years later still, he had embroiled the world in on of the most destructive wars ever fought. How could this have happened? The reasons why one man could unleash a nightmare that still overshadows the globe are explained in this compelling account of Hitler and his impact on world history.

The '20th Century Leaders' series profiles the extraordinary personalities behind the key events of the last century. Flamboyant, powerful and ruthless, these are the people whose words and actions dominated the world's stage. Fascinating quotations and archive photographs bring their personalities to life, while authoritative texts analyse their place in history.