Goering

Published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series and featuring a new preface by the author, this classic biography by acclaimed historian Richard Overy takes the reader on a chilling journey into the heart of Hitler's inner circle.Hermann Goering was Hitler's most loyal supporter, his designated successor and the second most powerful man in the Third Reich. But who was the man behind the carefully-constructed mask? One of the main architects of the Nazi regime, he was also instrumental in the creation of the Gestapo and directly ordered the Final Solution.

He styled himself as the 'Iron Man' but was known to wear togas, fur coats and faux-medieval hunting outfits. Self-indulgent and ruthless, sybaritic and brutal, egotistical yet capable of self-effacement, weak-willed yet fiercely calculating, Goering was a contradictory, complex and often bufoonish character. A brilliant World