"There is renewed interest in the Nazi Party that ruled Germany as a fascist state from 1933 to 1945 under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. However, the events that led to the rise of Nazism–and the near victory of the Axis Powers in World War II–date back to the economics and politics of 1860s Europe" -- Publisher.

"Reprinted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Nazi Germany" -- Title page verso.

The German colossus: The making of the German Empire, 1815-1871 ; Wilhelm's Germany, 1871-1914 ; The coming of the First World War, June 28, 1914-August 4, 1914 ; The Great War, 1914-1918 ; The peace to end all peace, January 18,1919-June 28, 1919 -- The ascendancy of evil: Hitler's youth, 1889-1923 ; The beer hall Putsch, 1919-1923 ; Hitler's years of struggle, 1923-1929 ; The Great Depression, 1929-1932 ; The Nazis seize power, 1933 -- The Nazi State: Consolidation of power, 1933-1934 ; Life in Nazi Germany, 1934-1936 ; The first steps toward conquest, 1934-1936 -- In Spain and Austria, 1936-1938 ; "Peace for our time" 1938-1939 ; The dark summer, 1939 -- The rising tide: Life in the Third Reich, 1939-1940 ; From Norway to Blitzkrieg, 1940 ; The occupied countries, 1940-1941 ; Take the war to Germany, 1941-1942 ; Barbarossa, 1941-1943 ; The decline and fall of Nazi Germnay: From conquest to decline, 1943 ; The Reich under duress, 1943-1944 ; The "Thousand-Year Reich" at years eleven and twelve, 1944-1945 ; Immolation scene, 1945 ; Judgment, 1945-1946.