About the Author

SONKE NEITZEL is Professor of Modern History at the University of Mainz and a specialist advisor to the German ZDF television network. He has written several books on both world wars including Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying. IAN KERSHAW is the author of the epic two-part biography Hitler: Hubris and Hitler: Nemesis.

Reviews

'A goldmine of information about what the German High Command privately thought of the war, Adolf Hitler, the Nazis and each other' - Andrew Roberts 'One of the most important books on World War II to be published in the last thirty years' - Tim Newark 'Opens up previously untapped sources for exploring the mentality of Germany's military elite' - Ian Kershaw