A bit of light bedtime reading

I'm currently reading Nuremberg Diary by G.M. Gilbert. It's about the Nuremberg Trials after World War II, and specifically deals with the psychological state of the 21 men on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Gilbert was the American army psychologist assigned to monitor the defendents throughout the trial process, and he writes clearly and concisely. I recommend it if you're interested in the subject at all; it's a fascinating portrait of how Hitler's most powerful henchmen operated, and how they felt about it afterwards. For example, Hermann Goering (Hitler's Reichsmarschall and President of the Reichstag—generally his right-hand man) had no remorse and used the trial as a platform to point out parallels between the behavior of Nazi Germany and "manifest destiny" America. Hans Frank (Hitler's lawyer and the Governor-General of Poland) felt real remorse and regarded the trial as truly just. Very interesting to see the broad span of personalities who were seduced by Hitler.

I also recomend the film Nuremberg, which was a TNT original a few years ago. It's very good, despite the fact Alec Baldwin plays the main character.