In less than six years, Hitler"s commanders came perilously close to conquering the world for the Third Reich. The authors incisively examine the personalities and careers of Germany"s most talented and controversial military leaders, including Goering, Keitel, Doenitz, Himmler, Model, Rommel, Milch, Guderian, and numerous others. The result is a revealing mosaic of those who directed the twentieth century"s most brutal war machine.