Adam Tooze's book, The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy, provides a groundbreaking narrative of how Hitler established his power, mobilized the country for war - and led it to destruction. Was the tragedy of the Second World War determined by the terrifying power of Nazi Germany or by its fatal weakness? This fascinating and globally acclaimed new history reveals the true story of the cost of Hitler's plans for world domination - and will overturn everything you thought you knew about the Third Reich.

"A tour de force" Niall Ferguson

"Ingenious... crushes a gallery of preconceptions" The Times

"This book will change how we see Nazi history... nothing short of a masterpiece. Rejoice, rejoice, for a great historian is born" Sunday Telegraph

"A remarkable and gripping revision of Nazi Germany's history" New Statesman Books of the Year

"A powerful and provocative re-examination of the whole history" Richard Overy

Pages: 832, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm