Twenty years after the Normandy invasion which sealed the doom of Hitler's Third Reich, the search for the explanations of how and why such an evil regime could come into being and stay in power until it had an entire continent in its grasp goes on. The histories that were written immediately following its total collapse no longer satisfy a new generation of scholars and writers who are determined to unearth as much of the raw truth as possible and who, in the process; are prepared to call into question the acts and decisions of even the most highly respected individuals and hallowed institutions.