Important reading in these days of re-emergent fascism in America, lest we fail to learn the lessons of history. This is one of the most thorough and definitive accounts of modern history's greatest evil. If your goal is researching the many details of Hitler's rise to power that parallel Trump's, you only need to read about the first 1/4 of this incredibly well-researched 1960 account of, as the title indicates, the rise and fall of the Nazis. The whole thing is worth reading (although it totals 1,200+ pages, so I had to race through during the library's 3-week loan time). But it's in the first 1/3 that you see the obsession with demonizing and persecuting a religious minority, the mental instability, the reliance on propaganda and suppression of a free press, the insistence that the country was increasingly spinning out of control and only he could guarantee safety -- the points at which Trump has taken pages directly from Hitler's playbook are staggering and terrifying. This account is essential reading for WWII history buffs and all Americans now working to ensure that history doesn't repeat itself.