Albert Speer : his battle with truth

In the ruling circles of the Third Reich, Albert Speer was one of the most powerful figures. He was not only Hitler's architect and armaments minister but the Fuhrer's closest friend. In the dock at the Nuremberg Trials, Speer was one of the few defendants to take responsibility for Nazi war crimes, even as he denied knowledge of the Holocaust. Now this moral and psychological enigma is unveiled in a monumental biography by a writer who came to know Speer intimately in his final years. Includes bibliographical references (pages 723-734) and index. xiv, 757 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm