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The eminent British war historian John Keegan recommends this volume in his book on WWII.

From an architect attached to Hitler’s grandiose plans for a Reich capital, Speer rises to minister of armaments and later in the war became Hitler’s number two. The Allies were trying to beat this young minister who kept the ball bearing factories going.

An Nuremberg, he avoided the death penalty and served 22 years.

“Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle maneuvers.”

Franz Kafka