Dual biography of Hitler and Stalin that includes a history of Germany and the Soviet Union.

Originally published: London : HarperCollins, 1991.

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Origins -- Experience -- October revolution, November putsch -- The general secretary -- The creation of the Nazi party -- Lenin's successor -- Hitler within sight of power -- Stalin's revolution -- Hitler's revolution -- Stalin and Hitler compared -- The führer state -- The revolution, like Saturn, devours its children -- 1918 revoked -- The Nazi-Soviet pact -- Hitler's war -- Hitler's new order -- Stalin's war -- Hitler's defeat -- Stalin's new order -- Perspective.