This is the best short biography of Adolf Hitler I have ever read: Ayn Wilson goes straight to the basic facts and tells me what made my HERO the Prophet he was; his conclusions are fascinating yet disconcerting even after my very own research into the life and times of The Fuhrer. ( )

Some may accuse this biography of being pedestrian, unoriginal, and too brief even for a 'short biography', and they would be right to do so; but for anyone unacquainted with Hitler this book offers a necessary glimpse of the man as an individual. Aside from a few almost childish comments the work seems reasonably objective, although one or two of Wilson's assertions are somewhat spurious. Nevertheless, this book provides an acceptable alternative for those not yet ready to tackle a more comprehensive work on the subject.