[Mr. Mojo]

Best WW2 book I have ever read (and I've read lots) is William Shirer's "Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich."

I'm with you. Couldn't put it down, in fact. Read it in about 3 days. And I still use it as a reference -- sometimes reading whole chapters.

My only beef with it is that there is a large swastika on the spine of the book.

Mine's an early edition hardback with the cover long gone, so I have no idea what was on there originally. But the new edition softbacks I've seen in bookstores have the cover/spine design you described.

[Mr. Mojo]

Just looked at your profile. Are standing in front of Shirer's book (to block the swastika from the camera)? :)