Hermann Goering was captured by United States forces in 1945, at the end of the war. He was removed to Luxembourg, and placed in detention at a formerly luxurious hotel. The hotel had been stropped of all luxury, however, and Goering found himself living in pretty stark accommodations. To ensure that all of the prisoners were fit to stand trial in Nuremburg, the military sent an army psychiatrist to tend to their mental health needs. In reality, that meant he could speak with all of these high profile Nazis at length and determine what it was about them that got them into the shenanagins they got in, how they managed to be so cruel or ignore cruelty, how they became subservient to a megalomaniac, and keep them from hanging themselves with their bed sheets. Kelley developed a very interesting relationship with these people, and especially with Goering.

This book is currently available to listen to on Audible Plus, which is where I got my copy. I have been listening to it over the past several nights, which as been great for helping me reach my reading challenge goal since I have had the absolute worst time sleeping lately. I did not learn anything new from this book, because this is a topic that I have read about many times, as well as written a paper on during my college courses. (I majored in World History, with a concentration in European History, and a specialization in World War II history. Hermann Goering is a topic that was thoroughly addressed.) Despite that, it was a very interesting book, and a great refresher on the guarding situation and the communications between Goering and Dr. Kelley. This book had a lot of Kelley's notes included, which is very useful for reference material. I found this book to be very well written, and I wish I would have had it a few years ago when I could have used this for bibliography and research for my course work.