The book responds to two hundred pointed questions about the contemporary global crisis, using a reporter's perspective to examine Nazi Germany and its leader, the Soviet Union's resilience, Britain’s leadership, military strategy, economic capacities, propaganda, and allied war aims. Organized by thematic chapters, it assesses personalities, national morale, the mechanics of modern warfare, occupation and resistance, and dilemmas of support and postwar settlement, weighing practical policy options for the United States and its partners while evaluating likely outcomes and moral consequences.