Drawing on many previously underutilized resources--including the diaries of Joseph Goebbels--a portrait of Hitler encompasses events preceding World War II as well as the war years

1936: Hitler Triumphant -- Ceaseless Radicalization -- The Drive for Expansion -- Marks of a Genocidal Mentality -- Miscalculation -- Going for Broke -- Licensing Barbarism -- Zenith of Power -- Designing a 'War of Annihilation' -- Showdown -- Fulfilling the 'Prophecy' -- Last Big Throw of the Dice -- Beleaguered -- Hoping for Miracles -- Luck of the Devil -- No Way Out -- Into the Abyss -- Extinction.