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It was Hitler's boast that the Third Reich would last a thousand
years. Instead it lasted only twelve. But into its short life was
packed the most cataclysmic series of events that Western
civilisation has ever known. William Shirer is one of the very few
historians to have gained full access to the secret German archives
which the Allies captured intact. He was also present at the
Nuremberg trials. First published sixty years ago, Shirer's account
of the years 1933-45, when the Nazis, under the rule of their
despotic leader Adolf Hitler, ruled Germany is held up as a classic
of its time. Some of his views have not stood the test of time but
in this book Shirer explores how the Nazis commandeered the
Holocaust, one of the most shocking acts of evil in modern history,
plunged the world into a second war, and changed the face of modern
history and modern Europe forever. 'One of the most important works
of history of our time.' New York Times 'I can think of no book
which I would rather put in the hands of anyone who wanted to find
out what happened in Germany between 1930 and 1945, and why the
history of those years should never be forgotten' Alan Bullock
The fiftieth anniversary edition of the National Book Award-winning
bestseller that is the definitive study of Adolf Hitler, the rise
of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, and World War II. This special
edition now features a new introduction by Ron Rosenbaum, author of
Explaining Hitler and How the End Begins. No other powerful empire
ever bequeathed such mountains of evidence about its birth and
destruction as the Third Reich. When the bitter war was over, and
before the Nazis could destroy their files, the Allied demand for
unconditional surrender produced an almost hour-by-hour record of
the nightmare empire built by Adolph Hitler. This record included
the testimony of Nazi leaders and of concentration camp inmates,
the diaries of officials, transcripts of secret conferences, army
orders, private letters--all the vast paperwork behind Hitler's
drive to conquer the world. The famed foreign correspondent and
historian William L. Shirer, who had watched and reported on the
Nazis since 1925, spent five and a half years sifting through this
massive documentation. The result is a monumental study that has
been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of one of the most
frightening chapters in the history of mankind. Here is the
complete story of Hitler's empire, one of the most important
stories ever told, written by one of the men best equipped to write
it. This worldwide bestseller has been acclaimed as the definitive
book on Nazi Germany; it is a classic work.
Hailed as "one of the most important works of history of our time"
( The New York Times ), this definitive chronicle of Hitler's rise
to power is back in hardcover with a new introductory essay by Ron
Rosenbaum ( Explaining Hitler and How the End Begins )
commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of its National Book Award
win.
Since its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer's monumental
study of Hitler's Nazi Empire has been a perennial international
bestseller. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an
unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler
nearly succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies
in print around the globe, this is a vital and enduring classic--a
superbly written, unsurpassed record of the last century's darkest
hours.
"Jan Wiener's fascinating, well-documented book tells of the heroic
exploits of various Czech men and women, most of whom paid for
their resistance with their lives. Above all it gives a detailed,
documented account of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the
most gruesome of the Nazi murderers, by Czech resisters parachuted
from London but aided in their task by the Czech underground."
William L. Shirer, author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
If you only read one book about what it felt like to be present
during the worst time in modern human history, a time when your
life could be snuffed out for having the mere thought of opposition
against the Nazi regime, this should be the book because it is told
by survivors and by one of the greatest survivors of them all, Jan
Wiener.
By the acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of "The Rise
and Fall of the Third Reich, " this day-by-day, eyewitness account
of the momentous events leading up to World War II in Europe is now
available in a new paperback edition.
CBS radio broadcaster William L. Shirer was virtually unknown in
1940 when he decided there might be a book in the diary he had kept
in Europe during the 1930s--specifically those sections dealing
with the collapse of the European democracies and the rise of Nazi
Germany.
"Berlin Diary" first appeared in 1941, and the timing was
perfect. The energy, the passion, the electricity in it were
palpable. The book was an instant success, and it became the frame
of reference against which thoughtful Americans judged the rush of
events in Europe. It exactly matched journalist to event: the right
reporter at the right place at the right time. It stood, and still
stands, as so few books have ever done--a pure act of journalistic
witness.
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Berlin Diary (Paperback)
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