The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany - Hardcover

Shirer, William L

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1451642598 ISBN 13: 9781451642599

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

Orville Prescott "The New York Times" One of the most important works of history of our time.

Hugh Trevor-Roper "The New York Times Book Review" A splendid work of scholarship, objective in method, sound in judgment, inescapable in its conclusions.

Theodore H. White A monumental work, a grisly and thrilling story.

John Gunther One of the most spectacular stories ever told.

""The New York Times Book Review" A splendid work of scholarship, objective in method, sound in judgment, inescapable in its conclusions." --Hugh Trevor-Roper

"One of the most important works of history of our time." -Orville Prescott "The New York Times"

"A monumental work, a grisly and thrilling story." --Theodore H. White

"One of the most spectacular stories ever told." -John Gunther

Book Description:

The definitive biography of one of the darkest times in modern history; the twelve years when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi army ruled over Germany. This is an eyewitness account of the meteoric rise and fall of the Nazi empire, including the earth-shattering tragic events of World War Two and the Holocaust.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1451642598
• ISBN 13: 9781451642599
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1280